7. The "mass-market[1]" paperback form factor is my favorite for reasons of portability and safety. Safety as in "not dropping it on your head, or anyone else's head, when reading in bed and falling asleep". This also accounts for requiring paper books to be packed on trips; dropping the PDA over the side of the bed is Not Good.
More importantly (to me!) is that you not drop the PDA or hard back book on your wife (that would be me). The floor over the side of the bed will not complain if you hit it with a heavy object, while I, on the other hand, will (presumably I'm awake enough to do so).
You also neglected to mention how addiction to reading material is genetic in your family, from your father and his incessant need to have at least five hundred newspapers (per day!) to your grandmother who started you on the "book a flight" rule. I remember her saying that during the hijacking craze in the 70s and 80s she would pack an extra book in her carryon so she wouldn't get bored just in case the plane was hijacked.
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Date: 2005-12-14 11:32 (UTC)More importantly (to me!) is that you not drop the PDA or hard back book on your wife (that would be me). The floor over the side of the bed will not complain if you hit it with a heavy object, while I, on the other hand, will (presumably I'm awake enough to do so).
You also neglected to mention how addiction to reading material is genetic in your family, from your father and his incessant need to have at least five hundred newspapers (per day!) to your grandmother who started you on the "book a flight" rule. I remember her saying that during the hijacking craze in the 70s and 80s she would pack an extra book in her carryon so she wouldn't get bored just in case the plane was hijacked.