Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for September 28, 2015

Ahhhh, what you need is the ebook variant. Let me show you how to download that while simultaneously putting my employer out of business.

Get a Nook, it is keeping Barnes and Noble in business.

Irony of ironies, younger readers prefer print books, while older readers often DO prefer e-book readers precisely because they can adjust font size and brightness. Both have their place – we just needed to figure that out.

I was surprised because the older generation almost seems to be techno-phobic. And while I do prefer an actual book, my problem is I’m out of shelf space. So I do have a Nook. Which is great, but I don’t recommend going to sites that offer a lot of your favorite books free. You know what they say, you get what you pay for. I downloaded most of Sue Grafton’s Alphabet Series free and the books are full of typos, one of them would even cut off at a certain section of the book and not pick up again, you’d miss a lot. After I’ve gotten thru the last few she’s writing, I’ll be going back and starting to download them from B&N. You’re definitely better off paying for e-books.

I read both books and e-books, but I have a tablet so I can get both Kindle and Nook. I work for a publishing company and work with bookstores, so I know how they struggle. But the ones who succeed are the ones who can diversify. Work with their customers, offer personalized service, set up a website to offer downloads. You can’t just open your doors and wait for the customers to flock in, anymore.

I am an author, and I publish in both ebook and print. Much to my amazement, I am selling almost as many print books as ebooks.

I just like the feel of a real book in my hands. I like turning the pages. And with a book it is much easier to go back and reread a section to refresh my memory about something or get a detail I may have missed. I have a Kindle but I only use it when I travel.

And many used books are cheaper than a new ebook.

I’m not sure you can “adjust” your reading glasses, but a stronger pair is available at the local drugstore for about 10 bucks…

If stronger reading glasses don’t help, you can always get a magnifying glass! Just don’t use it outside on a sunny day…

Oh come on, the customer has to be like 50. Maybe if it was a kid.

Also I noticed a typo when composing an email, do you have any liquid paper? I want to correct it before I send it out.

I’m with Laura on this one, ‘cause I’m doing my level best not to groan too.

Give me a good ol’ fashioned hardcover or paperback any day over an e-reader.

It wouldn’t be an older person with those problems. It’s the young who don’t remember books.