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Froide · 11-23-2014, 10:33 PM

I read both pbooks and ebooks.

For portability, ease of borrowing/buying, decluttering, and oftentimes for price, ebooks can't be beat.
However, I prefer reading art/photography/picture books, textbooks, and technical manuals in paper form.
I also like reading periodicals in paper form, but I do so only in waiting rooms or at the library, bookstore, or others' homes; I don't want them cluttering my home, so those read regularly I consume digitally.
If I'm keen on reading a book that's only available in pbook form at that time, then I'll (reluctantly) take the pbook. [I had to do that earlier this month, when books 4 (The Sacrifice) and 5 (The Fallen) in Charlie Higson's The Fear series were only available at my libraries in pbook form.
I prefer reading the Holy Bible in pbook form (despite having several versions in my e-library).
And, of course - as someone posted upthread - I only take paper books to the beach, in my case both to protect my ereader from the elements and so I won't worry about leaving it unattended while I'm in the water.

11-23-2014, 10:33 PM	#34
Froide Wizard Posts: 1,898 Karma: 9851695 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Noo Yawk Device: Samsung Galaxy and Windows devices. RIP: Palm & Nook devices.	I read both pbooks and ebooks. For portability, ease of borrowing/buying, decluttering, and oftentimes for price, ebooks can't be beat. However, I prefer reading art/photography/picture books, textbooks, and technical manuals in paper form. I also like reading periodicals in paper form, but I do so only in waiting rooms or at the library, bookstore, or others' homes; I don't want them cluttering my home, so those read regularly I consume digitally. If I'm keen on reading a book that's only available in pbook form at that time, then I'll (reluctantly) take the pbook. [I had to do that earlier this month, when books 4 (The Sacrifice) and 5 (The Fallen) in Charlie Higson's The Fear series were only available at my libraries in pbook form. I prefer reading the Holy Bible in pbook form (despite having several versions in my e-library). And, of course - as someone posted upthread - I only take paper books to the beach, in my case both to protect my ereader from the elements and so I won't worry about leaving it unattended while I'm in the water. Last edited by Froide; 11-23-2014 at 11:38 PM.