E-books are also generally cheaper than hardcover books and do not have shipping charges if you order a book online. For example, Suzanne Collin's novel "Mockingjay" is $10.52 for the hardcover and only $8.03 for the electronic version.
While the physical aspect of holding a book is appealing, a Nook is so much easier and so much cooler.
By Kayleigh Zyskowski, News Editor
From the "Claws" Section Portion:
So many people are jumping on the bandwagon for e-books; however, I will not be one of them. Call me old fashioned, but I would much rather have an actual book with actual pages I can touch.
The idea of an electronic book seems to be a cheap version of a classic idea.
Reading has always been one of my favorite past times and I cannot imagine spending a night curled up with a metal piece of technology instead of the work of a brilliant author sitting in my lap.
One of my favorite buildings in my hometown is the public library. The smells, the architecture, not to mention the shelves and shelves of books calling out to be read all add to an experience unlike any other.
As an English major, I have a near unshakeable reverence for literary tradition, almost to the point of shameless classicism. It makes sense then, that the advent of the e-book struck fear into my heart. Taking the digitization of music as a reference point, I was sure that the Kindle meant the beginning of the end for ink and paper books.
So I did what any terrified lit-nerd would do: I decided that e-readers would inevitably lead to some undefined but terrible catastrophe for all of literature and put all of my energy into convincing everyone around me that this was the case. When my mother asked for a Nook for Christmas, I instead gave her a half-hour lecture on why print books are superior. When a friend of mine tried to show me his brand new e-reader, I refused to even look at it, much less touch the accursed thing. Every time I walked into a Barnes & Noble, I had to resist the urge to tear down every Nook display in a fit of violent rage.
In hindsight, I find every single one of these anecdotes embarrassing, but at the time, I was convinced that the print book was clearly superior to its electronic counterpart.
Matthew Kosinski is a School of Arts and Sciences junior majoring in English with a minor in philosophy.
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