Currently I read about half of my books on the iPhone Kindle app and half in physical form. (I also listen to occasional audiobooks and generally enjoy the experience but they have to compete with podcasts). My wife reads all of her books on Kindle apps, primarily on her iPad Mini.
As you can probably tell from the tweets, I have an emotional connection to books. I like seeing them in a room. I like organizing and reorganizing them. I think books talk to each other, and the way you set them up matters. I think a room without books is like a body without a soul.*
Final bookshelf shot of the day: it makes me very happy to have @nkjemisin and Le Guin shelved next to each other. pic.twitter.com/CT3msmx3ve
— Jonah Sutton-Morse (@jsuttonmorse) July 7, 2014
@jsuttonmorse what about Aeneid vs Civil War vs Tacitus and where does the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire begin?
— Jonah Sutton-Morse (@jsuttonmorse) July 8, 2014
Here's what my Kindle app looks like.
(I can also get a list instead of the covers. I can sort by Author, title, or date last read/downloaded, I believe).
I do actually read a lot on my phone, almost entirely via the Kindle app (I've tried iBooks and Audible, and haven't found any appreciable difference in the shelving experience, or better reading through iBooks).
I'm quite confident that there's space to have really enjoyable bookshelves on electronic devices, I just haven't seen it yet. The app that gives me that may pull me farther into the electronic realm.
*Mostly here so that I can put "up a Questionable Quotes" tag to give me an excuse to write about On The Shoulders of Giants (OTSOG) someday.
**Unfinished:
E-Reading Experience
Flipping through e-books
Used bookstores or lack thereof
Discovering books
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