Book vs ebooks

[Cyber]

ebooks, they just seem more practical and for me personally there aren't any advantages to reading "real" books.

[Panos]

ebooks, they just seem more practical and for me personally there aren't any advantages to reading "real" books.

Cyber, you are a guy who knows everything, so, IMO the books should read you and not the opposite.

[Overdriven]

Personally i dislike ebooks and love real books, I've just given away/donated around 60 books (mostly childhood books about football, arsenal, goosebumps (brits will know) old enid blyton etc  and i still have 180-200 left that i wont get rid of.

I can see the appeal of space saving and portability but i just don't get on with them, i take books to work and holiday and space didn't really hinder me. I don't see me getting e books anytime soon what about you guys?

I have around 100 real books on my shelves and around 90 on my kindle. I personally love the kindle because lugging around books isn't always great and the ink screen they use is 100x better than a normal screen on a tablet.

They are reasonably priced as well. If you've used an Ipad or something to try and read an e-book then I suggest trying again with a proper e-reader.

[Lt_Anders]

What Thomek and Overdrive said.

Kindle is boss.

[Christo]

Can I vote for both?

Each have their "advantages".

E-reading has the obvious "on the move" advantage so you can read on your phone, or whatever, don't have to bring a library with you.

But reading long stuff like books on a computer screen, I don't know, the real deal feels better for that if you can do it also.

[korppis]

I'd vote both as well. I prefer ebooks for books that you read once or twice from start to end, and paper version of books that I need to use for reference once in a while (it's just so much faster to browse through and find the right place in real book).

[Rumblood]

I have a Kindle and the Kindle app on my Galaxy Note II. While I still visit Half-Price books and Barnes and Nobles, the only thing I buy from them are coffee table style books. Big honking status books with pictures that are cool for people to look. I tried to buy paperback books as that is the medium I used for decades. But I found that I simply don't read them in that format any longer. It isn't a conscious decision. I just don't. My Note II is always with me, it doesn't hurt my eyes as I am smart enough to control the brightness with a simple flick of the finger. I don't have to remember to bring my book, or what page I was on. It is always there and in the right place. When I finish my book, I'm not stuck without a book until I hit the bookstore and find the next one. Same thing when I finish book 2 in a series, I don't have to go pickup book 3 in the series. A quick search and one-click buying and I'm reading the next one.
When my wife is sleeping and I want to read a book in bed? Paperbacks I would invariably need to go to the living room or just turn out the light and go to sleep because eventually the light would bother her. Now, my screen is facing me and I don't need a light. I can read all night without waking her up.
I don't have to hold an e-book open with one hand while eating with the other. I just lay out down and flick it occasionally with a finger to change the page.
It is almost always cheaper to buy the e-book.
I get reviews while browsing the books right before I buy them. You don't get that from browsing a book shelf.
I can adjust the text size and presentation style in an e-book. You can't do that with a printed one.
I can zoom pictures.
You can do a search for words and phrases automatically.

Sorry paperback, we had great times didn't we?

[Sniger]

i dont care. both is a collection of letters that when put together, form knowledge. i dont care about feeling since i only need to read them letters and also understand what i read. actually books tend to annoy me now that i think about it

[Everkistus]

Books. I buy them and fill my bookself with them.

[Prpavi]

never read an ebook in my life,  i read regular books, screens hurt my eyes.

if i had the cash i'd probably grab a kindle yes but i think i still prefer paper.

[Panos]

A serious post know.

I like books aswell, sadly I don`t have enough money to spare 10 or 15 euros to buy a new book, so I only can buy books when a bazaar happens or something similar.

I have 90 books, give or take, and 90% say about Ancient Greece/Byzantine Empire/Alexander the Great .

Greece Master race 

[Ginosaji]

I prefer real books, but if I had a proper eBook-reader (Kindle or something like that) I'd propably use that too.
Can't read long texts on a normal pc screen/tablet/smartphone without getting headache.

I like books aswell, sadly I don`t have enough money to spare 10 or 15 euros to buy a new book, so I only can buy books when a bazaar happens or something similar.

Everytime you write something like that I want to donate a little money to you so you can buy books/food/shoes/internets.

[Oberyn]

Never read a book in my life.

This explains so much.
Also my books seem to have a very small life expectancy. I treat them somewhat roughly, bending them in half, throwing them around when I'm done with them, etc. Librarians used to hate me. And any personal book that has been reread at least 3 times looks like it went through some kind of elaborate papery torture.
 Ebooks are shit unless you have a device like a tablet from my perspective, even an iphone has way too small of a screen. Something like a kindle or associated tablet though, and you can have hundreds of books in one page. I'm not particularly bothered by reading stuff on a screen. But having an actual library (or in my case tons of books pile haphazerdly in random furniture) does give a feeling that a tablet can't.

[Panos]

Everytime you write something like that I want to donate a little money to you so you can buy books/food/shoes/internets.

Everytime someone writes something like that I feel like this visitors can't see pics , please register or login



Relax, I said that my economics are tight , not that I can`t eat 

[Ginosaji]

Relax, I said that my economics are tight , not that I can`t eat 

Hey, that's not fair! You can't just turn from "QQ no money, send money, German money is best money" to "it's not THAT bad" and make me look bad