tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345069859964317097.post8386660454579529122..comments2024-01-04T18:56:47.125+08:00Comments on Financial Freedom: The Death of ReadingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345069859964317097.post-72312578077076877452012-05-07T22:55:51.709+08:002012-05-07T22:55:51.709+08:00Is there a difference between browsing and reading...Is there a difference between browsing and reading? I find that when I read stuff electronically, I am more easily distracted. I am like browsing. One moment I am reading, the next moment, I could be surfing the net, or attending to an email, etc.<br /><br />To me, nothing beats a physical book in hand. Better still if you are cut off from the rest of the world. Without internet, without handphone, etc.<br /><br />Just my thoughts.FFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345069859964317097.post-68682953762120041152012-05-07T01:59:11.743+08:002012-05-07T01:59:11.743+08:00Hi,
I am also a book lover and at times pick up o...Hi,<br /><br />I am also a book lover and at times pick up one or two books when I am about to board a flight. Just like your blog, I find it hard to seat down to really read a book nowadays. So some of them are like what you have mentioned half read somewhere around the apartment.<br /><br />There is one thing that I discover about our country mate SG. Most of our country mate are not very willing to buy textbooks for their course that they are studying. Be it Poly or Uni. Most fall back to purchase second hand books from their senior and if there is a choice they rather not spend the money.<br /><br />I also give advise to my younger mates that SG books and textbooks are really cheap compare to UK, AUS and US. During my varsity days in AUS, we have to try to buy the text in SG before the start of the semester.<br /><br />Today, given the option of E-Books. I have also started to read via electronic options. But not all titles are available.<br /><br />To the rest of surfers, <br /><br />Happy Reading!<br /><br />Regards<br />Ah GanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345069859964317097.post-49130191782211961512012-05-07T00:05:01.699+08:002012-05-07T00:05:01.699+08:00Hello FF,
I believe people are reading more ;)
I...Hello FF,<br /><br />I believe people are reading more ;)<br /><br />It's just we have more choices other than physical books - Ebooks, internet, etc. Ipad and kindle are great tools! (I belong to the die-hard physical book dinosaurs)<br /><br />Even when buying physical books, we now can order on-line from "cheaper" on-line retailers; or borrow books instead from our excellent libraries.<br /><br />The recent closures of bookstores is simply free market capitalism at work. <br /><br />This makes it better for the remaining surviving bookstores - our "small" Singapore market can only support that many physical bookstores...<br /><br />Survival of the fittest.Singapore Man of Leisurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13774067113884418001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345069859964317097.post-42323235874229155222012-05-06T10:42:34.233+08:002012-05-06T10:42:34.233+08:00Hi
For me personally I would enjoy reading physic...Hi<br /><br />For me personally I would enjoy reading physical books more than through the electronic version. However, there are many people who would frequent the bookstore but end up not buying them. Many of them would rather read on the spot than buying it to read at home.<br /><br />BBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041255778427742477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8345069859964317097.post-73818539313077613212012-05-06T10:37:19.133+08:002012-05-06T10:37:19.133+08:00Hi,
I don't buy physical books because of th...Hi, <br /><br />I don't buy physical books because of the need to store them. No matter how big your home is, it'll run out of storage space. Ebooks do not require physical storage, hence for practical reasons, I would hve to get Ebooks instead, no matter how much I prefer the feel and smell of physical books. Bo pianla papillionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372278083694506953noreply@blogger.com