books vs ebook

**adrianh** · 29-Jun-12, 10:11 AM

The reason I am keeping quiet is because I am personally involved in two projects with the Namibian department of education. One for writing boards and another for tablets / Kindles. My business partners are involved in two further projects with them; 1. rolling out education via television and 2. logistics related to the distribution of textbooks. BTW: there is a tiny matter of R80million going walkabout from the department of education's budget.

The point that I am trying to make is that it is not a one or the other debate, each form has its own place, depending on who the end user is. I like ebooks and I keep them on my tablet, the department of education still uses textbooks and so do technicons and universities. (Now whether using textbooks is the way to go is neither here or there, the fact of the matter is that they are being used) Then there are people like my mother who don't understand the front end of the rear end of a tablet and who likes to go to the library to get books and talk twang with the other ol'ladies.

**primeoutsourcing** · 05-Jul-12, 05:01 AM

I prefer reading books over eBooks. There is something magical in turning the pages of a book. Not staring at eBooks over a gadget that will probably make your eyes burn.

**kath** · 18-Jul-12, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by primeoutsourcing

I prefer reading books over eBooks. There is something magical in turning the pages of a book. Not staring at eBooks over a gadget that will probably make your eyes burn.

I totally agree with you. we can find something interesting or creative ideas,but ebooks not. hahhha

**adrianh** · 18-Jul-12, 10:51 AM

My wife always has her Kindle with her. She spends hours reading and it doesn't make her eyes burn. She can't see nothing without her contact lenses so it also goes to prove that the Kindle isn't hard on the eyes.

**Dave A** · 18-Jul-12, 07:52 PM

Yep - from what I can tell one of the really big points for Kindle is it's onscreen text readability - they seem to have cracked the eye fatigue challenge that goes with most other onscreen text options.

**Neville Bailey** · 18-Jul-12, 08:03 PM

I agree - I never suffer from eye fatigue when reading my Kindle.

The reason for this is that there is no backlight in the screen, so no screen flickering. Also, there is never any glare on the Kindle screen - in fact, the brighter the ambient light, the easier it is to read the Kindle.

**AndyD** · 18-Jul-12, 11:21 PM

I would agree, the Kindle screen technology is streets ahead of other options.

**adrianh** · 18-Jul-12, 11:49 PM

Remember the old Etch A Sketch devices that all little kids had to have many many years ago...that is a Kindle screen. That is exactly why the device uses so little power. The screen is cleared, the page is rendered and the machine goes back to sleep.

**AndyD** · 18-Jul-12, 11:54 PM

That's a pretty good analagy. I've never figured out why they bothered putting an 'off' switch on them, maybe it was a psychological thing and they thought people would be confused if it didn't have one.