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Originally Posted by vWilla
I agree with those who value books and prefer a real book to electronic one. It is like food...you should feel it with your hands, notice how it smells...
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By all means, read whatever you want. If you only want to read paper books, read paper books. If you only want to read e-books, feel free to only read paper books. Books are like food, they feed your mind. But it isn't paper or e-ink that feeds your mind, it is the words, and you get those words whether you read on paper or e-ink.
When I'm reading a good book, I don't notice how the book feels or smells, I'm too busy with reading. I do like being able to choose whatever font size on the e-reader that I want, I do like that the screen isn't yellowed like the pages of an old book often are, I do like not having to hold the e-reader open, and I do like having hundreds or even thousands of books on my e-reader. Paper books have advantages too, I can get them for cheap or free, and many aren't available as e-books yet, and it is easy to loan them or give them away.