American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC)

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

In absolute truth - it is whatever doesn't have foxing, and is a physical book. I will and have gone digital as a last resort -like the jp2's off of Archive.org - but as a personal preference it would always be a hardcover if I had my choice, and it was available.

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~Retired~

Have to agree on the hardcover copy, but time obliges us to move on, so Kindle has come to the fore here also I fear.

My library, small as it is, comprises mainly of wargaming & Napoleonic titles going wayyyyy back to the 70's/80's with noted authors of the day, Featherstone, Grant, Wise, Chandler, Nafziger etc etc. Those were the days of wonder, excitement and awe...............

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Karl McEntegart
Major General
Officer Commanding
Army of Tennessee





Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed.

Hardbook whenever possible, paperback when not.

Electronic versions are never great and can rarely do justice to those titles that contain interesting maps. I do find electronic versions very useful for out-of-print items and when scanning through the 'Official Records' to find something (a tome I can not own in its entirety as a hardback version).

I do own a Kindle but have never bought a digital copy of any book. It has quite a few (long out-of-print) books and is somewhere in my home. I do not know where it is but I know where all my books are, hundreds of them [mostly paperback novels but not a large proportion are 'best-sellers'].

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Paul Swanson
Lieutenant-General
First Division
First Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

Kindles are simply great for many applications, be that camping, sailing or whatever where weight, space and night time light is an issue. Mine is loaded with all manner of interesting books including a great biography of Brigham Young I am reading now--which includes numerous old photographs which render up pretty well.

Paul hits on the fatal flaw--Kindles fail totally when the book you want contains detailed maps and/or color graphics that make the great books great. Those remain the old guard on my shelves. A perfect example of this kind of book: The West Point Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars.

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Walter A. Dortch
Commanding -/4/V AotP
UA Cabinet Secretary
UA Operations Officer
UA Wolverine Team Leader

Using the iPad for Kindle works really well if the book has maps. Actually preferable to paperbacks as you can zoom in on the maps if needed. But the Kindle Paperwhite is awful with maps.

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

I have gone to Kindle, but it makes me angry they are so expensive.
Some of my recent books, I have purchased both.

Especially the series by B.M. Gottfried

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Lt. Gen. C. N. Matthews
Pickett's Infantry Division, I Corps,
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

yes........Paperwhite is only good for the beach.

I use a Galaxy Tab.........and the maps are acceptable.

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Lt. Gen. C. N. Matthews
Pickett's Infantry Division, I Corps,
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

Yes, Gottfried's 'Maps of ...' series is great. I was just speaking with another Club member (and 'Maps of ...' appreciator) a few days ago about them. I have them all, and all in hardback (one personally signed by the Gottfried and delivered from his personal stash courtesy of the excellent customer service of Savas Beattie) - I wouldn't want it any other way.

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Paul Swanson
Lieutenant-General
First Division
First Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

I used to buy "real" books but switched to E books. My book cupboards filled up pretty fast and these E books don't take any space.
Also most (history/military) books don't have enough maps to understand what is happening where.

With my I pad I can open Safari and google for maps while using Kindle to read the book.

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MG Marco Rietveld
1nd Infantry Brigade
Cheatham’s Division (2nd Division)
Hardee's Corps (1st Corps)
Army of the West/CSA

Great point! I do the same when using iPad for Kindle.

Many classes at all levels now use digital textbooks. Remember the textbooks we got as kids? Backpacks were heavier than a bag of cement.

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Gen. Blake Strickler
Confederate General-in-Chief
El Presidente 2010 - 2012

Indeed Sir, agreed ! I well remember on finishing 'Primary' level here.......lonnnnng time ago, on my last day throwing the backpack & books into a local canal I passed on the way to school each day......not appreciated by my parents, I might add

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Karl McEntegart
Major General
Officer Commanding
Army of Tennessee





Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed.

I only buy books. Paper or hard, doesn't matter. I don't like Kindle or digital book reading. I've got a couple late 19th century Civil War prints. One of the taking of New Orleans by Farragut and one of the attack up East Cemetery Hill on July 2nd. Hundreds of books on a large, wood planked bookshelf.

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Respectfully, your obedient servant,

Maj. Gen. L.P. Smith
Division Commander - II Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

I only buy books. Paper or hard, doesn't matter. I don't like Kindle or digital book reading. I've got a couple late 19th century Civil War prints. One of the taking of New Orleans by Farragut and one of the attack up East Cemetery Hill on July 2nd. Hundreds of books on a large, wood planked bookshelf.

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Respectfully, your obedient servant,

Maj. Gen. L.P. Smith
Division Commander - II Corps
Army of Northern Virginia

I prefer hard or paper back for reading purposes. For games, PDF is fine. Is this considered reading?

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MG Robert Frost