--- title: "10 Electronic Books Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Electronic Books quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Electronic Books sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/james-dempsey-245383_quote_electronic-books-lack-gravity-1763275_1763275.jpg" --- > [“Electronic books lack gravity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dempsey/electronic-books-lack-gravity/) [James Dempsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dempsey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/james-dempsey-245383_quote_electronic-books-lack-gravity-1763275_1763275.jpg) > [Electronic books are junk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/electronic-books-are-junk/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ray-bradbury-75_books_electronic-books-are-junk-2641828_2641828.jpg) > [“Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But printed books have body, presence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/electronic-books-live-out-of-sight-and-out-of-mind-but-printed-books/) [Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/will-schwalbe-3101_books_electronic-books-live-out-of-sight-and-o_868406.png) > [Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/students-do-everything-on-laptops-these-days-so-i-definitely-think/) [Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b1/steven-pinker-526_book_students-do-everything-on-laptops-these_2813902.jpg) > [“i am against electronic books. they make real books obsolete, denying the poor and economically challenged freedom.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darnell-lamont-walker/i-am-against-electronic-books-they-make-real-books-obsolete-denying/) [Darnell Lamont Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darnell-lamont-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/darnell-lamont-walker-2278_books_i-am-against-electronic-books-they-make_462828.jpg) > [I've gotten into doing electronic books and audiobooks, so I have an iPad. I still love reading a real book, but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-james/i-ve-gotten-into-doing-electronic-books-and-audiobooks-so-i-have-an/) [Jim James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/jim-james-3560_better_i-ve-gotten-into-doing-electronic-books_582730.png) > [“One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-bound-books-is-their-sheer-2/) [Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/will-schwalbe-3101_books_one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-boun_2120951.png) > [Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to impress your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/electronic-books-are-a-bad-thing-because-they-cannot-be-accumulated/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/anonymous-1_arguing_electronic-books-are-a-bad-thing-because_1044666.jpg) > [One of the many things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-schwalbe/one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-bound-books-is-their-sheer/) [Will Schwalbe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-schwalbe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/will-schwalbe-3101_body_one-of-the-many-things-i-love-about-boun_506424.jpg) > [Electronic books are ideal for people who value the information contained in them, or who have vision problems, or who like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-queenan/electronic-books-are-ideal-for-people-who-value-the-information/) [Joe Queenan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-queenan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/joe-queenan-16250_affair_electronic-books-are-ideal-for-people-wh_2778149.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/electronic-books/#itemlist", "name": "Electronic Books Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Electronic books lack gravity.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Dempsey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dempsey/electronic-books-lack-gravity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/james-dempsey-245383_quote_electronic-books-lack-gravity-1763275_1763275.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/james-dempsey-245383_quote_electronic-books-lack-gravity-1763275_1763275.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5a/james-dempsey-245383_quote_electronic-books-lack-gravity-1763275_1763275.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Electronic books lack gravity.” — James Dempsey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Electronic books are junk.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ray Bradbury" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/electronic-books-are-junk/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ray-bradbury-75_books_electronic-books-are-junk-2641828_2641828.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ray-bradbury-75_books_electronic-books-are-junk-2641828_2641828.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ray-bradbury-75_books_electronic-books-are-junk-2641828_2641828.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Electronic books are junk.” — Ray Bradbury", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. 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