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bhartman36 · 12-23-2010, 08:35 PM

For me, the most important reason is portability.

I've been reading on Palm Pilots for years now. It's really nice to be able to carry a dozen (or many more) books with me at once, and not be weighed down. Plus, I've always disliked the physicality of paper books: the weight, the frailty of paper.

Most of all, though, I love the ability to search an e-book. If you've got a book that (in paper) is 800 pages, and you want to find a particular phrase, that can be a daunting task. With an e-book, it's trivial.

12-23-2010, 08:35 PM	#47
bhartman36 Wizard Posts: 1,323 Karma: 1515835 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New Jersey, USA Device: Kobo Libra Colour, Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (2021)	For me, the most important reason is portability. I've been reading on Palm Pilots for years now. It's really nice to be able to carry a dozen (or many more) books with me at once, and not be weighed down. Plus, I've always disliked the physicality of paper books: the weight, the frailty of paper. Most of all, though, I love the ability to search an e-book. If you've got a book that (in paper) is 800 pages, and you want to find a particular phrase, that can be a daunting task. With an e-book, it's trivial.