K.M. Weiland's Read 100 Books in 2016 Challenge discussion
E-Reader or Hardcopy?
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I was just thinking about this last night. Hmm. Must've been the force. I've only bought one novel my ENTIRE life when I was in junior high and didn't even finish (it was kinda boring). Guess I'm a holdout. I've bought Kate's Structuring & Outlining books but strictly speaking they're not novels. So 100% of all of the novels that I do have are ebooks! Whoo-hoo! Hmm. Maybe my second paperback should be a KM WEILAND book. ;)
Whoops. Forgot to say why. I just love ebooks. Need I say more? I take it with me everywhere I go and can read it at night.
I prefer the tangible feel of a real book in my hands. Plus, the battery won't ever die ;) I read over 100 books every year, and I definitely can't afford to buy all those books! So, my library is my primary source for books. Having said that, I read the majority of my books on my kindle because it's hard to find Indie books in paper form.
Hard Copy! I use ebooks as backup for when I run out or for when I am in line or something...or for library books, so I don't have to worry about expiration dates. And sometimes because of free books. Other than that, I prefer "real": they won't be edited randomly and changed, they won't lose battery power, and they look awfully nice on shelves. Besides, I can prop one open and fold laundry without bothering to readjust my screen dimming times. And real books don't make my eyes tired.
The extreme vast majority of my books are e-books. I like the feel of holding a paper book in my hands, but I can only hold one at a time. With e-books I can hold hundreds of them at once. I have no issues with screen dimming on my kindle and can readjust the amount of time my Android tablet takes to go into screen saver mode. I get scores of free e-books every year, and that just doesn't happen with dead tree books.
I get 99% of my books from the library, so all hard copy. :D
I am wading through all my free ebooks, but most things I read are hardcopy: from the library or purchased at used sales. Frugality is still a big consideration for me. You can still get used books for less than ebooks. I'm very kinetic and visual, so it's important for me to be able to flip back to earlier parts of a book easily as I read it. Remembering where on the page I read something makes it much easier to find in a real book and nearly impossible with digital.
I like real books, but as an MK where libraries aren't an option unless I want to read it in Japanese lol, and shipping is expensive, ebooks are becoming my primary source. I like that you can take it anywhere, have tons of free books, etc... But I do miss the lovely perfume of books and I must admit that my phone isn't half as cozy for tea and reading as a real book is. So in reality I'm very thankful for both ways. ;)
You know what's great about ebooks? I can compromise with my husband during bedtime reading. He can't sleep with a lamp on and I can't read with only a book light, but if I turn my ipad to night mode, voila! Plus, the older I get, the worse my vision. My eyes get tired faster. By making the text larger on ibooks and changing the color, I can read for longer stretches.
YES, I do the same thing. I love reading at night curled up under the blankets. You can change the font, size, backlighting, background color, saves trees and decreases clutter. All hail the ebook, all hail the ebook...
Ditto to whay Victoria said :)) I'd take hard copy any day but living in another country it is hard at times to find good books so I end up reading a lot of ebooks. We have loads of hard copy's in books that we've collected over years and I'm very thankful to re-read those at times :)
I looooove actual physical books but recently I've noticed that a higher ratio of the books I finish have been ebooks. I read a ton of YA fiction on my kindle app, and it's so easy to read in bed (doesn't kill my arms to hold it above my face like a book does. Also hurts less when I inevitably drop it on my nose) or when you're squeezed into the backseat of your in-laws' van for hours every Sunday (SIGH) or when you're pretending to listen to the lecturer in Apologetics class while actually reading Three Black Swans on the sly. So I guess you could say that while hard copies will always be my first love, my current lifestyle forces me to use my Kindle a whole lot.
Depends. If I cam get a ebook that is preferred way to read these days mainly because I read more then one book at a time.
eBook - bedtime or on the go.Audio - always in the car
Hardcopy - not so much anymore :( But still like them.
K.M. wrote: "Do you read the majority of your books on an e-reader or in hardcopy? Why?My ratio is probably pretty evenly split. Most of my fiction books of late have been e-books, while the non-fic have been..."
I like the old school feel of a real paper book and the smell of the ink real or a phantom in my brain... but when I travel I go with an ebook
My ratio is probably pretty evenly split. Most of my fiction books of late have been e-books, while the non-fic have been hardcopies.