How many still prefer "real books"

super

This week we were remodelling (design) our living room and I suggested my Mrs to leave some space for my fuure books. She said that I should stop buying the paperbacks and move faster to ebooks. But to be honest. I am not able to enjoy reading in ebook reader.. I missing the pleasure of turning 30 - 40 pages back to refer what that paricular character said or saw etc.. Also technical books in kindle is little awkward in taking notes.. Still is it just a passing phase.. Did you guys got comfortable after repeated use?

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Pete OHanlon

I use both. For convenience, an eReader device is hard to beat, but I do like holding real books in my hand. Plus, I really enjoy the thrill of hunting through old bookshops (and even charity shops) looking to unearth some book that I may not have seen before, or read years ago and forgot about. Plus, if you're taking a long hot soak on a cold winters night, a book is a much better option for reading in the bath.

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Lost User

I was very dubious before getting a kindle. As soon as I started using one I loved it. I tend to only read fiction though, I'm not sure I would try technical books on one. Only issue is that when I'm rich enough to have a house with a library it is going to look a little stupid with rows of shelves and just a kindle sitting in the middle. Last time I raised this concern here however I was informed you can buy books by the yard for just that purpose.

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Lost User

Oh yea, forgot that, I wouldn't use an ereader in the bath, although mine is almost permanently next to the toilet these days.

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OriginalGriff

I got a Nexus 7 for Christmas, and haven't opened a printed book since, and I normally read one or two fiction novels a week (I can read a novel in a couple of hours if it's seriously good) I can't honestly see me going back to print...

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loctrice

So far I am trying ebooks on the computer. I like real books better. I should point out that I really only read tech books.

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super

As the years go by, we would end up water proof ereader

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Nagy Vilmos

I mostly read dead trees. There is something tactile about a book that you can't get from an eReader. Most nights after supper, we sit down and read; not just Mrs Wife and I, but the girls too. Reading is wonderful and it fuels the imagination as opposed to TV which tells you how to envisage stories. Sat behind my chair now is a book case with, at a case, 300-400 books. Half are mine and Mrs Wife's, but the others are the girls. It is wonderful to see them choose to read and also their choices of stories. Okay, 83% of the books are 'princess' stories but there is a mixture including a lot of Horrible History. I'm not in a hurry to move from ink to bits and I don't see Mrs Wife or the girls choosing to do so soon either.

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Bassam Abdul Baki

Paper all the way. Every intellectual should have a library to flaunt. Can't do that with an eReader.

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Lost User

My daughter has hundreds of books, gets more almost weekly, and 5 a month from the library too. The kindle is strictly mine. All my old books are in the loft, and there are plenty of them, just don't have room for a bookcase.

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Lost User

Ebooks are nice when you want to hit ctrl-f and find something. What, there's an index in the back of the book? Too slow!

Tim Carmichael

Generally speaking, it is paper books only. I also print PDF manuals to be able to thumb through, highlight sections, write notes, etc. There are one exception, though, I do have the Bible on both my phone and tablet. I will always have one of them handy, but not necessarily the printed version. Tim

dusty_dex

I've tried ebooks/pdf viewers. But it's just not for me. X|

glennPattonWork3

I am battling using a the Kindle App on a tablet & phone, fan of portability & relative damp proofness, but for searching I prefer dead wood :) For circuit diagrams they are useless...

ZurdoDev

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How many still prefer "real books"

As opposed to chocolate books? Note: This needs to be read in a Chris Rock voice. This is a Madagascar 2 reference. Great movie. :) I certainly don't think ebooks are a passing phase but I agree, I enjoy paper more.

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Maximilien

I've turned to the e-dark side a couple of years ago; best move I ever did. the kindle is not a perfect gadget, but it is damn close for simple fiction/novel/non-fiction reading. I cleaned up the appartement and recycled more than 20 boxes of books. BUT i kept a few dead-tree books, mostly kitchen/recipe and coffee table books; and I still buy magazines.

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LloydA111

super wrote:

She said that I should stop buying the paperbacks and move faster to ebooks.

I find this is generally the attitude that people who follow fads seem to have at the minute.

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vonb

I still read paper books. Also technical manuels, where I can quickly find the solutions to some problems. And of course good crime stories are much better on paper, I don't know why. On the other side, for coding problems, I don't use ebooks but sites like CP and MSDN, just so easy to copy / paste the samples.

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Nemanja Trifunovic

Not me. Reading paper books is fine, but storing them is painful. Besides, there are many excellent e-books that can be purchased for pennies.

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S Houghtelin

Depends on the material, for just plain reading, I like books. I can put them on my shelf for later. If yahoo, google, kindle or whoever decide they want to take my books back, at least then, I have a chance of giving them a good whack upside the head before they get their hands on them. For technical material a searchable e-book can't be beat. I only need to read the relevant material and if need be I can copy paste the subject or code that I am interested in. There are many good sites out there where you can download good books for free such as http://it-ebooks.info/[^].

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