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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Like: "If I point a gun to your head, will you say you prefer print over ebooks?"
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Maybe that's a bit too harsh. I started reading ebooks at the end of 2007, but returned to paper books in the beginning of 2008 (actually, just after joining MR), selling my e-reader, incurring a loss of €125.
Nowadays I do prefer ebooks, but some things had to happen before that became the case:
- More ebooks available, apart from the free classics.
- Better e-readers, mainly touch-screen (navigating by buttons/cursor is a pain).
- Front-light, to offset the brightness disadvantage the reader still has.
- Better software. Calibre has matured, allowing near-perfect e-book management, de-DRM-ing and conversion. Also, Sigil appeared and matured, which allows me to fix ebooks where necessary. (And it still often is necessary to meet my standards, but the needed fixes get smaller as publications become more recent.)
All of this except the front-light happened somewhere between 2009 and 2011, and therefore 2011 the point where I jumped in again with the Kindle Touch.
When the Paperwhite appeared, that was icing on the cake, and I think that from now on, it can only get better still.