Physical books or ebooks?

[Thrash Metalhead]

I much prefer physical books. I certainly enjoy going to the book store and just browsing through all the books and they have the smell of a new book that I like.

I don't like reading books online because my eyes can't handle staring at a screen for a long time while reading small text.

 

[JCFantasy23]

Prefer physical. I'm a bona fide bibliophile. Have a library of over 2,500

 

[Unix]

An advantage of physical books, is that there are more options to read them while You are fasting, see: http://www.christianforums.com/thre...raines-causing-problems-with-fasting.7906392/ ... about light, it's a thread about fasting and migraine. Digital books in Bible Study softwares require that You either read them from a monitor or print them locally to letter size paper. Now, I don't have any problems with migraine as I in fact never have that, but during extreme fasting (I do eat but infrequently) I can get a mild headache for a few minutes and as I believe that's unhealthy and I usually sit a lot in front of a monitor, I have reasons for having some choices to read printed matter. I fast even if I study and especially when I research. Researching is important to me. I should switch to more of physically demanding exercise and compensate the energy consumption by eating slightly more in order to gain a bit of muscle weight or get in better shape/fitness.



My previous post:

An undeniable advantage of physical books is that there are more used books being sold,

 

[Ada Lovelace]

As I wrote previously, I infinitely prefer ebooks over physical ones. There are some exceptions. I'm a college student and am perpetually reading. Most of my textbooks and books are on my iPad. My sweet boyfriend just sent this care package to me that included a physical book, and the feel of it being so distinctively different sort of creates a more relaxing vibe. It's separated from all that I must read. I'm reading it for leisure, not school.

 

[C. Cole-Chakotay]

Physical books. I love holding a book and reading.

 

[SquigglyDuck]

Physical, though I did request a Kindle for Christmas. I hate staring at the typical screen and reading (because of the glare), but I think a Kindle could change that for me.

 

[historyincognito]

I go farther with audiobooks yet do read ebooks from time to time.

 

[Soma Seer]

Physical books or ebooks? Which do you prefer?

Physical books.

 

[Luna Meyer]

Definilety real books! Nothing can replace the smell and this magic feeling.

 

[Butterfly99]

A real book feels less like school to me, kinda like what I think Ella was saying. You can keep real books on your shelf too. It makes me more likely to read it again.

 

[Soma Seer]

Definilety real books! Nothing can replace the smell and this magic feeling.

There definitely is something intoxicating about the smell of books. From time to time, I'll quickly flip through the pages of a certain title and hold my nose close to take in the "book fragrance."

 

[Butterfly99]

There definitely is something intoxicating about the smell of books. From time to time, I'll quickly flip through the pages of a certain title and hold my nose close to take in the "book fragrance."

Lol, I just smelled my books and they don't have a smell.

 

[Soma Seer]

Lol, I just smelled my books and they don't have a smell.

Time to find new books--or have your nose examined. Or move in closer to the pages--even putting your nose on a page or two.

In all seriousness, though, I don't think I've ever had a book's pages not have a particular odor to them. True, some have a much fainter smell than others, but I can't recall one every being odor-free.

 

[Butterfly99]

Time to find new books--or have your nose examined. Or move in closer to the pages--even putting your nose on a page or two.

In all seriousness, though, I don't think I've ever had a book's pages not have a particular odor to them. True, some have a much fainter smell than others, but I can't recall one every being odor-free.

I'll go downstairs & and see if any of my parents books have a smell. For real I went around sniffing my books & none of them smell at all. I was kinda disappointed, lol.

 

[hopefullady78]

Physical books or ebooks? Which do you prefer?

Physical books all the way.

 

[LaSorcia]

I gotta agree: give me paper books. E-readers don't hold up to well in the bath tub.

 

[imstillstanding]

Physical books, I like how they feel in my hands....but I have a kindle fire that is loaded with some great e-books.

 

[Dave-W]

Physical books. It is much easier to compare sections far apart or look up an index item while keeping a finger where yo are at in the text.

Lol, I just smelled my books and they don't have a smell.

Then you need to walk into a library - especially one with OLD books. The aroma is unique.

I work for the federal government and the NOAA central library is on floor 2 of this building. Every time someone stops the elevator on floor 2 the aroma is almost overwhelming. (we have a LOT of old books)

 

[sparrowfeet]

I personally prefer ebooks since they don't take up physical space (I try to be somewhat minimalist), but there's something very special about physical copies of books that I adore. I love to borrow books from my local library on my kindle.

 

[morse86]

Physical, I cross reference a lot of chapters and it's easier to do it based on bookmarks. Right now, physical books are better but I believe ebooks will catch up in the next 10-20 years. The kindle/pdf is awful for cross referencing.