Pickles by Brian Crane for July 21, 2013

regular book or e-book, force of habit

Old habits are hard to break Earl.

I don’t use a kindle, or lick my fingers to turn the page.

It probably keeps people from borrowing your Kindle.

And she wonders what that weird streak is across the top of the tablet.

Why are they sleeping on the opposite sides of the bed to their usual?

My first ebook reader wasn’t tactile. I spent the first couple of weeks rubbing the top R corner of it trying to turn pages!At least, no fingerprints on the screen.I still have the first one, my OH got me a second because as an insomniac I spend long hours reading at night and was always recharging or running out of power halfway through the night, which is dire!

@ millie p: Cause the light is on the left side of the bed.

I only read real books and I don’t lick my finger to turn the page either.

I have a Nook and you don’t have to make the page turn move, just touch the right edge and it turns pages but I have caught myself licking my finger to turn the page and also the other day I was reading a real paper book and just kept touching the right side of the page and nothing happened.lol

My 2 ebooks are a European brand that will read anything but Kindle format. Under the hood, they’re all made by the same 4 factories in China anyway. I prefer non-tactile “press the button” page-turning. Saves battery, which is what I need for long sleepless nights, and the screen is always clean. Also not back-lit, which is easier on the eyes.

Owes me new keyboard, you does…

I thought maybe it was in braille…

This brings to mind a comic routine by Victor Borge where he’s supposedly reading a story. He licks the thumb of his left hand and turns the page with his right.

I LOVE my Kindle. It isn’t tactile, though. I have to push a button to turn the page. I used to have a Sony that was tactile and I got tired of the dirty screen.

i really do need to dampen my finger to swipe and scroll – my skin is very dry. I just got y first smart phone and wasn’t expecting that.

Books are forever, Don’t need batteries for them.

where do you put the hand-woven book mark your granddaughter made for you???

Thanks for the tip on that Kindle deficiency. With my Nook the slightest touch on the right or the left turns the page – no buttons or swiping required. I suppose the downside is that walking around with it can jump a page or two, not really a concern compared to ease of use.

I never thought Kindle would appeal to me, but as my eyes fail, Kindle turns out to be a more useful device than I ever anticipated. You can define the font size (and type), which frees one from the magnifying glass syndrome.

I don’t lick my finger to advance the page either, but I don’t do that with dead tree materials. Also – no need to ‘swipe’ a Kindle; touching the screen near the margins works fine. Kind of a bad habit to get into, though – as someone observed upthread, you do have to turn the pages on those dead tree editions! lol!

Anyway – they serve a useful purpose. Don’t knock ’em … you may find fixed type difficult, too, as your eyes age :-)

Love it!

xxx

I lick the pages not my finger. Only pronlem is when I get a paper cut on my tounge.

But you DO need to lick your fingers with a Nook!

… and in the next panel, she whacks him in the head with the thing.

lol