Comments on: May romance of books ‘kindle’ in times of tech onslaught!

By: S M Rana

S M Rana — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:39:58 +0000

Certainly ought to be handy in travelling. Like the lead pencil and the fountain pen (if not the nib-holder, bamboo kalam and the legendary quill) I,m sure we will continue to enjoy the best of many worlds. But Kindle has definitely kindled my inteest.

By: nandini

nandini — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:18:03 +0000

I sifted (sob sob!) through my books and selected 300 to give away. I’ll vote for the book anyday. But my mom - who insisted that I take my 7000 books from her house as soon as I moved out would vociferously support of Kindle. Must try though. Is it easy to navigate?

By: prats

prats — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:22:12 +0000

it would surely go the paperback way. the reason newspapers are not yet obsolete is that feeling of the paper in your hand. so there would still be enough buyers out there who would buy a paperback/hardback.

By: koyel

koyel — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:39:46 +0000

sorry

‘Vir’

By: koyel

koyel — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:37:49 +0000

”With books, it is the romance of book buying that I will also miss”

Completely agree with u !
I just love books and going through various books in a bookshop or window-shopping ..anything..even staring at them for hours doesn’t make me feel tired !

Kindle is sort of ‘kewl’ ..but I’m so obsessed with books, even the smell of them make me feel really excited !(some guys have already started thinking of me as weird )

BTW,thanks Veer ..It was lovely !

By: me

me — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:13:36 +0000

changes of any type/kind hard to accept or not acceptable at times ,but once we get settle down with them r understanding becomes like wise.
if it is easy to be with music on net than y go for CD/DVD but yes when if one is really out of his routine for days than CD’S N DVD’S come in .

Reading book on Kindle will be easier than buying n reading it so again younger generation is already deep into it .

But don’t wary sir “old will always will be gold” at gold cost N it will be for those who really understand the value of genuine things

rgds

By: Shrinidhi Shetty

Shrinidhi Shetty — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:03:43 +0000

Books, be it either hardback or paperback will last as long as people are into reading.
We say that, it is an era of e-book, e-paper, e-journal, “e-what and what not”. But whenever we are into little serious reading, paper’s is at your rescue. Paper literature will the queen of all times!!!
We are and will be in love with paper!!

By: shashwat malik

shashwat malik — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:11:43 +0000

I too wud go with the hardback model.

By: Sunil Tyagi

Sunil Tyagi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:38:42 +0000

Interestingly, a senior person in the books / publishing industry told me a few years back that the number of books being published over the world (especially in usa) every year increases.

Very likely, if not in years but in a few decades, ‘readers’ like Kindle would do better and better - connect to the Net, make notes, underline text, bookmark, zoom to bigger text for easy reading…and the biggest advantage (which gets me bugged at times when reading a book as I get more used to a computer) - power to search.

Though I wonder if unlike other complete tech-devices, books still might survive; they do have certain qualities that evoke emotions. But then…maybe emotions too will ‘upgrade’.

By: amy

amy — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:10:51 +0000

In India there is hope for everyone, even in today’s age and time most home continue to maintain little way ,the developments of civilization.Take for example we maintain a candel, a lamp,an electric connection,an inverter and a generator all at the same time!!!So there is hope for Kindle as technology but will certainly not interest a romantic. There is nothing like finding a book, smelling its pages,holding it and turning its pages ,discovering it essence ,the pleasure can only be compared to spiritualism!!!