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blue ivy schlotsky

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17. Why do people underline books?!

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 02:33 PM

Feb 2012

I just bought a used book from Amazon and it was marred by constant lines. And it wasn't even an academic book! I just wish people could absorb their material without having to underline stuff. When the professors would ask us to underline the important points, I never knew what wasn't important!

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I got a Kindle Fire as a gift - anybody use this? [View all] ashling Dec 2011 OP

That's why I have a problem with e-books. Neoma Dec 2011 #1

Good point ashling Dec 2011 #2

PDF works better for images than epub/azw/mobi/lit DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #11

Kindle books ( mobi format) can be changed to any other format esily dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #19

my kindle reading has that, for highlights and notes. i dont get it. i love my fire seabeyond Dec 2011 #3

I like it - and for most of the reasons you mention, but ashling Dec 2011 #4

ah ha. look at you. i hear ya. i have my stuff i do with books read and i cant on the kindle. nt seabeyond Dec 2011 #5

It would help if I had some symbols ashling Dec 2011 #6

highlight in red, green, yellow and blue seabeyond Dec 2011 #7

Quirks? Quirks!!! ashling Dec 2011 #8

you laugh, but my iPad's reader lets you pick from about 5 or 6 highlight colors DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2012 #12

i do laugh, but i think it wonderful. i could never do that. BUT seabeyond Jan 2012 #13

So you're the one! Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2011 #9

I was also taught that it was wrong to write in books Merlot Dec 2011 #10

I'll send you a bill ashling Feb 2012 #15

Nope. I like the sensory experience of good old-fashioned books! I am the OP Feb 2012 #14

I like both! Lex Feb 2012 #18

I bought myself a Kindle Fire for Christmas tammywammy Feb 2012 #16

how does the lending library work? tabbycat31 Dec 2012 #20

One book a month. tammywammy Dec 2012 #21

Why do people underline books?! blue ivy schlotsky Feb 2012 #17