tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post6760482024221020001..comments2023-07-01T16:48:58.544+01:00Comments on Screenscribbler: Back from ConferenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16816557029053697882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-21757861743106090702011-03-08T21:05:47.893+00:002011-03-08T21:05:47.893+00:00Hey John :) Glad you are feeling refreshed from co...Hey John :) Glad you are feeling refreshed from conference. I'm entirely unconvinced by Kindles, I have to say. call me old-fashioned, but I'd choose a gorgeous little paperback every time over a download. I'm the same with music. I had to download an album on Amazon last year - never again. <br />As for twitter, I've never got into it. I know a lot if people find it useful, but I think blogging is enough for me. <br />Nice to hear from you :)<br />Nari XNarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00624659563661326279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-29383665628866611092011-03-03T20:45:08.192+00:002011-03-03T20:45:08.192+00:00Hi John, I still wallow in that feeling of warmth ...Hi John, I still wallow in that feeling of warmth and expectation when I enter a book shop and cannot imagine a life without books of the paper kind. I always take several books on holiday with me and invariably end up buying more during the trip. This is fine if the journey is overland but these days, with the baggage allowance dwindling, fying does present a problem and for that, the Kindle or iPad provides a brilliant means of carrying as many books as one wants without compromising one's allowance.I hope that the two mediums manage to live side by side for each has their place. In a hundred years I wonder what we will be reading from? I suspect the paper book will still be around.<br />Interestingly, I tried replying to your post earlier today but could not for some reason. While I was trying to sort, Amazon sent an email through offering me Free Kindle Apps (I don't have a Kindle but I do have an iPad) Is this a case of Big Brother is watching us or was it coincidence? :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-454078523920062630.post-22191686095625891122011-02-20T18:16:22.436+00:002011-02-20T18:16:22.436+00:00Sounds like you had a lot of fun at the conference...Sounds like you had a lot of fun at the conference. I've never been to one thus far, and to be honest I have resisted joining the Twitter ranks. I don't have a clue on how to use it, and I have enough trouble with Facebook! My fiance uses it to promote his gaming/wrestling news blog, and he seems to be doing well. He is being followed by some game companies now.<br /><br />I have been back and forth with regards to the kindle. As it happens mine is sat next to me on the couch, and it's always with me wherever I go. But to think that it would ever take precedence over my physical library (as I refer to it) is the reason why I was so against the e-reader in the first place.<br /><br />But there are many books and authors that still haven't made it into the Kindle bookstore, and there are still people who will resist the e-book. Certainly, I think bookshops will suffer for a while, but they will pick up again. Books for children have still to find their kindle niche too.<br /><br />I'd never thought of publishing a book just for the kindle, maybe because I'm too fond of physical books. It's an interesting idea...HC Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515204008805776148noreply@blogger.com