Sentences with phrase «physical feel of the book»

The book's identity comes from all sorts of places — the way the story is structured, the characters, the viewpoint it's told from, the setting, the plot, and outward signals, like the cover and the descriptions and the physical feel of the book.

Not exact matches

Joe Soll in his book Adoption Healing likens adoption grief to psychological death, which is a very different reality from a physical death because there is no closure - no support for the feelings of loss, no grieving and mourning period.

But it's the film's refusal to shy away form the awkward embarrassment of first physical contact that carries the same melancholic weight as the original book, with Ronan's superb performance capturing the alienation that can still be felt even in the bedroom.

Hannah represents a physical consequence of Tom and Isabel's actions and yet the way Cianfrance chooses to insert her (and depending on how faithful an adaptation this is, this flaw could be true of the book as well) feels blatantly manipulative.

I just can not give up the feel and smell of the physical book.

The feel of a book is nice, and people like to scribble in the margins, but I would take digital text books over physical ones any day * if I could afford an e-reader big enough to read them on *.

We know our customers love physical books (glossy photography books; signed first - edition novels; letter - press editions; the sand - between - the - pages feel of a mass market paperback at the beach), but for many people, eReaders can be a practical addition to a literary life.

Basically digital books, these devices use a technology called digital ink to simulate the look and approximate feel of a physical, paper - based book.

I, too, like the personal feeling of a physical book and paper, but the lack of search options, personalization and syncing features are significant issues as well.

Feeling hesitant about switching to an e-Reader is understandable, but the benefits of technology do outweigh the sadness of leaving physical books behind.

Many readers will say that they love the feel of reading a physical book over digital reading.

There are self published authors who feel that the physical weight of their printed book will help their book seem more real or relevant.

The pages of printed books have a distinct smell; physically turning pages while reading, has a special charm all its own; books can look nice on a bookshelf in a home office or study; and many readers like the weighty feel of holding a physical book.

It will be interesting to see what the other big publishing houses decide to do, I have a feeling your going to see the companies who do nt push for equivalent ebook to physical book pricing will have higher sales and in the end make more money off of ebooks AND «dead tree» books as well thanks to word of mouth from ebook readers.

As much as I embrace the digital revolution that's transforming the publishing world seemingly by the day, I feel sad for authors of the future whose books may never appear in physical form.

The feeling of a physical book turning up in the mail is so much more rewarding than a.

So much depends on the more than just the text even when reading a physical book — the feel of the book (I refuse to read trade paperbacks, e.g.), the typeset, and most importantly my mood and place in life.

As well as demonstrating that fairly basic digital tools can be used to create powerful stories, our project showed that the digital also makes us appreciate anew those features of the physical book we may take for granted, the touch, smell and feel of paper and the special place that a book handed down from generation to generation has in the context of family life.

Skeptics and librarians can say what they want about the physical feel of paper, and romanticize over physical books, but digital has huge advantages in being more discoverable, accessible, and consumable.

Particularly when the video of Waid waxing nostalgic about the feel of a physical comic book and the thrill of the hunt for individual issues comes hot on the heels of Waid's announcement that the reason he is selling his beloved collection is to launch a digital comics imprint.

A powerful historically accurate book that brings alive the life of one woman enduring the emotional and physical hardships of slavery - written so well and so lyrically that we feel and see all she does - we are there - it is a visceral experience to read this book and I could not put it down - a true look at and experience of the human experience as it endures the unthinkable and yet retains it's humanity.

From authors who want to have their work available once the physical edition has gone out of print and the rights have reverted, to those whose books we believe in and feel passionately about but couldn't sell — oftentimes, after approaching 20 or more houses — we realized that part of our job as agents in this new publishing milieu is to facilitate these works being made available as e-books and through POD and other editions,» from the DGLM blog.

62 % of the respondents have said that they still prefer to hold books as a physical product rather than in digital format, whilst one fifth of 16 - 24s feel that they don't want to be restricted to a particular device, such as the Kindle, which prevents books from being shared with friends easily.

OTOH, I don't feel bad about deleting book files from my e-reader, whereas I find it very difficult to get rid of a physical book — especially when the book is so execrable as to require trashing (as opposed to requiring donation).

Here are some of the things you'll miss — being able to decorate your house with books, the physical touch and feel and smell of physical books, being able to resell them, being able to lend them to a friend, making handwritten notes, being careless with them, carrying them anywhere, treating them roughly, browsing bookstores.

The physical touch and feel of books and the digitized value of portable eBooks format sounds to me like an ongoing war between two capitalist powerhouses.

Among other reasons, lack of sharing books in the household is why some people still prefer physical books, aside from that wonderful feel of an actual book in your hands.

(Reviewers even claim that you don't lose the coveted feel of holding a physical book).

Other readers want to feel a physical book in their hands and to decorate the bookshelves of their home with beautiful objects.

We feel it's important to have a physical place to display the books and interact with the people, in spite of the increasing number of online bookstores.

The tactic worried publishers who felt readers might get used to cheaper books and that Amazon would gain more market power, putting downward pressure on sales and prices of physical books.

Waterstones chief executive, James Daunt, feels that «the advantages and disadvantages of digital reading are becoming better understood... This is resulting in a partial return to physical book reading as ebook reading finds its natural level.

Of course, buying physical books is still the best option for many bookworms out there, in part because nothing can replace the sheer tactical feeling of flipping through pages, but jumping into e-books is more than decent a recoursOf course, buying physical books is still the best option for many bookworms out there, in part because nothing can replace the sheer tactical feeling of flipping through pages, but jumping into e-books is more than decent a recoursof flipping through pages, but jumping into e-books is more than decent a recourse.

In Jonathan Gitelson's work, Marginalia, the presence of books» previous readers is felt despite their physical absence.

In brief, the book looks at 5 different ways folks feel loved: physical touch, quality time, acts of service, words of appreciation, and gifts.

In his «The Five Love Languages» book series, relationship counsellor Gary Chapman suggests that, when it comes to giving and receiving affection, people tend to feel most comfortable with one of five particular communication methods (which he identifies as receiving gifts, acts of service, words of affirmation, physical touch and quality time).3 While it can be useful to know your own love language, it's equally valuable to know your partner's — and to make sure that you «speak» it fluently so that they understand how much you care.