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Originally Posted by Tartufo
It used to be the case that you could get a pretty accurate judgment of someone's erudition by looking at his/her library, but those days are coming to an end.
I am not so sure...lots of people had books around just for looks. I immediately thought of when Hawking had bragged about having sold more books about physics than Madonna had about sex...only to find out only a small percent had actually read them--so he re-released them heavily illustrated so more people could follow them. LOL
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Originally Posted by Mayo
Kindle Fire = no e-ink = not an e-reader.
Fire is way way better for illustrated texts though. You don't want to read Audubon's book on regular kindle, and you don't want to read an unillustrated book on Fire either because of greater eyestrain. This is why I don't leave home without both. Plus, I can read all the books on my phone...it is good to have backup in case **** you know?