E-book or real book

[kannibus]

Real books all the way. I find it tough to leaf through an e-book. For example if I'm reading a textbook I want to be able to flip back and forth from problems to answers to example to table of constants. I know that you can do that with bookmarks and stuff but I never got the hang of it. Just too old fashioned I suppose.

Also, I don't like to have to hunch on a chair to read from a monitor. Eh, maybe I'm just nitpicky, but I learned to read on paper and I suppose that's just what is comfortable for me. I can't speak to the young ones of course.

Besides, I like to have something physical to hold/swat bugs with. I guess it's like sex. Sure virtual sex isn't all that bad, but nothing beats the real thing.

 

[Julianking93]

I much prefer looking down and turning the pages of a book in my hands than using some electronic device to read.

 

[223]

Real Books, for the same reason I don`t like buying DLCs and full games online/steam/psn/the xbox thing. If I pay for it, I can hold it, stack it and let it gather dust. I dislike having to back-up all my data in case of hdd failures or whatnot.


also reading off a screen < reading on paper

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

I personally prefer a meatspace book and remain unconvinced that the book is a technology I'm eager to leave behind.

That said, if someone were to GIVE me a kindle I might change my mind. As it stands it is above the threshold of "impulse buy" and since I have no real interest in the product concept at this moment I am fairly unlikey to allocate the resources to acquire one for testing.

For the record, the last (non school related) books I've purchased were:

"Areas of my Expertise..." - John Hodgman
"Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Qunadries" - Neil DeGrasse Tyson
"God Created the Integers" - Stephen Hawking
"The Air Conditioned Nightmare" - Henry Miller

All fo the books were paperback and cost between 13.95 USD and 22.95 USD. There's almost certainly a monetary advantage to an e-book, but since I tend to read in strange spurts, it might take YEARS before a net savings.

 

[wynnsora]

Real Books, because then I can actually read my copy of 1984.

 

[Zorg Machine]

the only thing I read on screen are movie subtitles and manga.

 

[Flour]

I prefer books myself, but I'm probably going to try to find a decent eBook reader, I have a small room so one of those will save a lot of space, especially since I recently started reading a lot more and I want to read some rather large series.(Lord of the Rings and Discworld are the main ones though)

 

[Aesir23]

I'll take a real book over a Kindle any day. However, I do have to get a larger bookshelf as the one I have is overflowing.

 

[_zuul]

i like real books.
i'd get a headache reading from a screen for hours.

 

[ffxfriek]

real books are better i think. the smell and way it feels. speaking of books i need to find a good read for myself.

 

[Yokai]

I don't like ebooks. Hell, I don't like reading more than a few pages of text at a time on the computer. I find it distracting for some reason, and prefer corporeal, bound volumes. Just like I prefer buying games retail as opposed to digital distribution, I like to have something tangible to read.

 

[Nova5]

I've considered getting a Kindle, primarily to save shelf space. I read a lot (a lot), and I like to reference back to old books every now and again (or re-read them). It makes it rather difficult to store them all, after a while. Digital copies are wonderful in that regard.

That having been said... They don't provide the same sensation or experience as a regular book. Sentimental garbage, yes, but there's a reason Hallmark remains a profitable business. -_-;

 

[Ocelot GT]

E-Books... You're gonna look real stupid in 2013 when the world suffers an EMP surge and only paperback books remain.

 

[the1ultimate]

E-Books... You're gonna look real stupid in 2013 when the world suffers an EMP surge and only paperback books remain.

Ahah, but with my kindle I will still retain the last page I was read... Yeah, that will be kind of dumb. Of course since I don't keep large amounts of cash on hand, and the internet will be down, I think I will have bigger problems.
Ebooks would however be easier to conceal in a <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451>Fahrenheit 451 (book burning) situation.

 

[eatenbyagrue]

"I like a thick book because it will steady a table, a leather volume to strop a razor, and a heavy book to throw at the cat" - Mark Twain


That said, nothing beats the feeling of a 2 lb. book, sitting in your lap and still bearing that "new book" smell.

 

[Snork Maiden]

I just really really hate reading books on any kind of monitor. I don't know why - a lot of my coursebooks are saved as PDF files so it's not like I'm not used to reading large swathes of text on a monitor.

 

[Echo_419]

One in the same.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

E-Books/Audio books/Kindle have their place. When I'm travelling around.

REAL Books are just made of win, written with win and even smell of win.

E-Books... You're gonna look real stupid in 2013 when the world suffers an EMP surge and only paperback books remain.

Now if only I had some batteries...