Poll

Eric wrote: "I really like my Kobo. But there is nothing like the feel of a real book."
It's true, there was nothing like the feel of carrying twenty boxes of real books up to my new fourth floor walk-up in Brooklyn to make me say, "This is why I only buy digital books now."
ha ha ha

Brady wrote: "Aine wrote: "I don't have either, but I'm looking to get either an ipad or nook or kindle paperwhite or any other ereader. I need help figuring out which would be best. I would like it mainly for ..."

Sounds great. Thanks a lot -- definitely appreciate it.

It's actually a somewhat difficult question to give a true/false answer to - it really depends on the kind of reading material you're interested in. For me the Kindle seems better for reading typical books with just text content in them. The Kindle is lighter, smaller, it's easier to change pages and stay focused on the book, as the reader serves only one purpose.

However, it gets more complicated when you're trying to read something with more diverse content - I'm not even talking about colour magazines, since that is an obvious point for an LCD tablet - but try using your e-ink reader to grok a textbook with a lot of tables, graphs, schematics, equations, computer code samples. Or just most PDFs - it's a nightmare trying to read those on smaller e-ink Kindles. The ten inch iPad wins hands down in these areas.

Actually, the textbooks and guitar tablature were the primary reason for me to finally buy an iPad - I've been a Kindle user for 1.5 years and it's been perfect for reading novels, but I've grown more and more frustrated with having to read everything else on my laptop.

The Kindle is easy to read on, easier than the iPad which always distracts me with grubby three-year-old fingerprints and reflects the light in the room!

Kindles, iPads and all eReader technology isn't the same as holding, griping and feeling the book. To feel the tension of turning the page. The real book is always best

I have a Kindle Fire and I love it so so so much! The screen is crystal clear and you are able to read anywhere, in the dark, in the sun, at the beach, etc. I prefer e-readers such as the Kindle Fire over Ipads because Ipads to me are to large and seem not as durable as the Kindle Fire. My Kindle Fire is pretty thick and my family has an Ipad that is just to thin and the case is equally fragile. My kindle has a really good, plush case that seems durable and so is the e-reader plainly by itself. The Kindle Fire is much cheaper than an Ipad and offers many of the same benefits and choices.

For me, it's less about the eye-fatigue and more about the arm fatigue. I own a iPad (3rd gen) and a Kindle (3rd gen with keyboard). The difference between 23oz and 8.7 oz is very dramatic if you read for long periods of time. I usually end up resting my iPad on my lap when I'm reading, which lends to bad posture, vs being able to hold the Kindle like a paperback.

I enjoy reading with my iPad. Kindle books are formatted better and easier to read on the iPad.

My good old Sony PRS-T1 rules, no doubt! I personally hate reading on a tablet.

iPad by miles!

I love my Kindle Fire I can do almost anything on my kindle that I can do on a IPad.

I strongly prefer the iPad:
1) Doesn't have problems with PDFs, which is the main format I read in.
2) Seamless vertical scrolling is faster than turning pages and lets you overview the text in a convenient way.
3) The notation is more efficient. You can draw on the screen, and you can write with the letters immediately visible rather than hidden in some icon. The notation remains if you send the file to your PC.
4) It's easier to access documents on the internet from the iPad; it's a lot faster.
5) Easier and faster to access additional programmes like dictionaries, encyclopaedias, search engines, etc. which you need for the text.
6) Easier to switch between different texts.
7) The iPad is useful to carry around for reasons other than the latest book you are reading.

I bought an e-reader before the iPad, thinking the latter was for those bloody hipsters. The e-reader didn't boost the number of books I read at all, while with the iPad both my reading speed and reading efficiency improved drastically.

The only thing I regret is that it will probably ruin my eyesight in the long run. Hopefully, laser surgery will be there to help.

i have a basic kindle reader so use it for strictlly reading. i use my ipad to read books for study where i can easily post comments and notes. i also use my ipad to read books with color like quilting books, craft instruction, anything that has color illustrations.

iPad mini! I've had a Sony ereader for years and loved it but since I moved on to iPad mini there's no going back for me!

How do you read on Ipad when outside? Personally I can't see on a thing on the screen because of the reflection...

Natalie wrote: "How do you read on Ipad when outside? Personally I can't see on a thing on the screen because of the reflection..."

So far no probs with screen reflections, could be because I live in UK and we're short on sunny days....hahaha
No, really I don't seem to have much problems with reflections, haven't tried on very sunny days. I normally change the themes from Sepia to White when I'm out and about. But reflections used to be a small problem with Sony PRS600 as well, so I guess a paperback is the better...

I love the size, it's easy to hold unlike the full size iPad, user friendly, easy access to Internet and GR, very quick adding quotes from iBooks on status updates on GR, can read kindle books via kindle app...

I didn't read the question properly, I don't own and iPad. I have a Kindle Fire HD 8.9", before that I had the Kindle keyboard. I will say that I prefer my old Kindle versus my Fire. I'm technologically challenged lol and don't understand most of what it can do and only use it for reading. I much prefer the way you could categorize your books and when you were done reading they could be put into archive and not still be on your Kindle. You can't do the with the new Kindle Fires and it is sometimes hard to remember if I have already read a book or not. However, I do like the backlighting and not having to have a book light. That is about the only plus for me since the other stuff is over my head lol.

always reading with my iPad ..

Reading on my kobo is so much better than I expected the light and the changes in font, now I read anytime, anywhere.

Nook HD rocks! I mainly use it to read on, something like 300 books on it right now, but it's versatile enough to allow me a range of other capabilities when I need them. Quite frankly, second only to my laptop, it is one of my favorite 'toys'.

I don't own either, I just wanted to get rid of this goddamn poll from my page.

Kindle all the way :)

I prefer my Kindle.

iPad...for everything!!! Can't rave enough about it.... You can have multiple eReader apps (Nook, Kindle, iBooks, etc). I just love it.

Tried reading on the iPad several ways, but the Kindle Fire is just easier for my needs

Depends how big a purse I carry & how much weight I want to drag around. Prefer reading on i-Pad at home, but kobo is great for bathtub, bus, park, Drs. offices, etc.

Kindle for ever!

i just discovered (!!) that i can read my kindle on my phone (galaxy s2), and i'm loving it. i have poor night vision and never seem to be able to get good enough light to read at night, so i appreciate that the screen is backlit on my phone. i'm also a nursing mom and find that the size of the phone is easiest to manage when i'm nursing. another thing i love about it is that i don't have to carry additional weight when i go out!

I prefer reading on an ereader if I can because it's not back-lit. After working on a computer all day sometimes I can genuinely feel the lower eye strain.

what would be the best ereader to buy. i have one but i am having alot of prob with it i cant put books in there anybody can help me, its a ECTACO JETBOOK MINI thanks

I like to use my kindle only for reading and stuff like the IPad for music and apps.

I didn't vote for either option because I use my phone/tablet to read eBooks. My phone has Nook, Kindle, Overdrive Console (used by libraries), and a couple other eReaders I haven't used. I find the iPad to be too heavy and awkward to read eBooks for a long period of time.

I love my Nook HD+. I can read my Nook books I can read my Kindle books and I an access my books from my phone my computer AND my Nook HD+, I LOVES IT!

My Kindle Fire or Kindle 3G!!

I love my kindle fire!!!

I'd prefer my kindle :o)

I want to buy a kobo arc and everybody I know has a kobo and they say its the best but when I see ur posting its all kindle I am confused so whitch is better please help me

I want to buy a kobo arc and everybody I know has a kobo and they say its the best but when I see ur posting its all kindle I am confused so whitch is better please help me

All of them is good, if you have them.

I haven't actually tried reading a book on my new Samsung Galaxy yet (saving it for the road trip I'm going on this summer, I have The Host and an Amish book waiting for me *drools appreciatively*), but I think I am going to prefer that over my ancient Sony E-Reader.

I prefer mykindle but I usually only use the apps so like I read on my laptop or ipod

I love my cheap NOOK TOUCH. No , screen backlight eye strain...it's like looking at a page of a book,and I really prefer that . Otherwise if feels like looking at a computer screen all the time,and I do that enough. I like how it's only for reading,and I don't have any of the other distractions associated with online stuff.....and it's light,and easy to carry around. Fits great in my backpack too. However, I still really like just good old paper, unless I am traveling, then my NOOK touch is the way to go.

Ummmmm. I love my kindle fire. It is really light an is to carry.

I prefer my Kindle for reading all but PDF files. For those I use my iPad and is the reason I bought it. I tried the Fire but it did not handle PDFs as well as the iPad at the time that I got it.

I'd rather read on my Nook, but the Kindle store often has more to offer

For all you Nook readers that want to read Kindle stuff, just make sure you buy only DRM free books so you can convert them to the Nook format. There are lots out there.

I prefer my ipad.

ipad

My Kindle Fire is the best!

I prefer my Kindle.