I'm old school! I'm more comfortable with a book & I find ereading gets tiresome quickly!
If I can't get it on my Kindle, I probably won't read it. That's for novels. I used to like newspapers, but I broke that habit too. I miss the crossword puzzles, though. And the cryptograms. Doing those online just isn't the same.
I used the Kindle app on a tablet for a while, but after someone gave me a Kindle device optimized for book reading, it was all over.
I'm a sucker for a good story regardless of the way it's delivered. However, I do enjoy the space that's getting saved in my home by not accumulating more physical books.
The Library is pretty good for saving space.
@FrndlyNbrhdAthst Funny thing, most libraries also have an online checkout for Kindle's that allow for digital versions of the books to be temporarily downloaded thus saving space on Libraries.
@atheist HAHAHAH
I love my Kindle Paperwhite!
I highly recommend the Paperwhite!! One of the best purchases I've ever made.
Like the tactile aspect of books, they are asthetically pleasing. Also love how finite. When you've consumed a book, it consumes a time and place, you can pick it up and that package has a specific meaning.
Like ereading for a very different purpose: that it's an infinite resource.
I used to prefer physical books, but now prefer e-books, for multiple reasons. The most practical of which is that I wear bifocals. With e-books, I can just increase the font size. With real books I increasingly need to supplement with a magnifying glass.
It's also handy, for the weight of one book, I can carry around hundreds of books in memory, with immediate access to millions more anywhere with an internet connection.
My experience as well. Ten years ago I would have told you " books for sure" but age has made normal size text in books more difficult to read unless I have bright light. The Kindle works well for me.
It depends. When reading fiction, definitely turning the real pages is where I like to be but doing research for fun , I prefer computer allowing me to flip with hyperlinks,
With research , it is the content I am after, with a novel it is the inner feel I seek . To be captured within the pages and smell the action in the print.
Each has pros and cons.
eReading is great because I always have a book with me (in my phone) and I can always get a new book once I’ve finished the last one. I can read in the dark, and I can hold the “book” and turn pages with one hand.
But I lose a sense of place in the book. I have a friend doing her PhD research on this, and in general people don’t remember chronology in a plot as well as for paper books. This accords with my own experience. On top of that, there’s something nostalgic and comfortable about holding a paper book.
Finally, when I’m reading a paper book people actually know I’m reading and not just catching up on Facebook (or Agnostic.com). This matters for the example I’m setting for my children. But it doesn’t seem to affect men I don’t know who think that me reading is an opportunity to talk to me.
books! I want to hold a book. I spend enough time in front of screens as it is! I also like a vinyl record over any other medium for my music. listening to a 55 year old jazz album right now that is so alive!
@atheist yes, i agree. can't wait to get my hands on my woman! he he he
I find I enjoy the experience of a physical book much more, but I admit it's a lot easier to carry around Moby Dick and Don Quitote, etc. all in one place. I guess I'd say: paper books for everyday, e-books for travelling.
I like audiobooks. I am listening and doing other things
Audio books are awesome for long drives.
But the best part about audio books is when the author reads them. I’m currently listening to Neil Gaiman reading his book Norse Mythology. I have a copy to read myself, but it just doesn’t compare to the man himself reading it.
E reading atm as i can amass a greater library and manipulate the files how I please. Books are to me a readable display peice. I collect them so one day I can have a physical library and show how well read I am. ?
My eyes are too weak now.I listen to books on tape or cd and reserve my eyes for instruction books. These days I walk around my house and look at all the books in every room and know that I will have to give them up pretty soon, or my heirs will have them carted out of the house when I am dead. Horrible thought!
Books and audio books
I love my kindle and do most of my reading on it but if Ireally enjoy a book I will buy a hard copy for my bookshelf!
@atheist exactly!?