tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post113207832379068668..comments2023-06-23T08:23:34.894-04:00Comments on The Pipe and Grumble: Narrator Submits to the Times and Purchases Barnes & Noble NookWinstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17975027530244662003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-46989084028067768292010-05-21T21:25:50.133-04:002010-05-21T21:25:50.133-04:00Gingerella -
B&N has actually done a good jo...Gingerella - <br /><br />B&N has actually done a good job addressing some of these questions, and it's part of why I picked them over the competition. While you download all your purchases to the device, they also "live" in your account, so that if you have to replace the Nook, all the titles you've purchased can be loaded into the replacement. I also like that you can read anything you've bought on your PC or iPhone, etc. (Not that I'll ever pay for an iPhone.) <br /><br />This actually introduces me to new worries, though. Do I really want to filter all my reading through a corporation that keeps a complete record of every book and magazine I've ever purchased? And of course, should B&N ever cease to be, that means everyone who has ever bought a Nook is on their own for backing up their libraries -- a task that might be even harder depending on how onerous the B&N Digital Rights Management turns out to be.<br /><br />Lots of change. Heads are definitely whirling, that's for sure!Winstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17975027530244662003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429197454576425211.post-82503377890885872492010-05-21T12:01:11.908-04:002010-05-21T12:01:11.908-04:00I see the practicality of it... using less manufac...I see the practicality of it... using less manufacturing resources and therefore being less expensive as well as more environmentally friendly. Less clutter about the home as well, and more efficient.<br /><br />But....I like the physical handling of a book - the touch, the scent, the sounds of paper turning, or the snap of a book closing. I also see potential problems with the new gadgets, what happens if it picks up a virus and your entire library is wiped out in one instant? What if the device is stolen? What happens when the next shiny gadget comes out and makes this one obsolete, do you have to buy it and repurchase all of your titles over again (like with VHS vs DVD)? Or continually have to keep transferring data from one device to another so as not to lose it (like going from floppy disk to zip, to jump drive)? What if you want to lend a book to a friend? <br /><br />It scares me to contemplate the world going in that direction, to being 100% intangible digital with no hard copies as backup. More forced change, forced obsolescence. Technology is already changing at such a fast pace that people's heads are whirling....this is one change that I'm definintely not on board with right now.Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06961949757283263982noreply@blogger.com