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Originally Posted by thiago1080
Hello guys, a few months ago I posted the questions below. Some of you responded to the link (what I wanted) and some only in the forum.
The data I'm gathereing is for academic and the link leads you to a google form, that will compile the answers in a sheet and make my life easier. 
I see you prefer to discuss here in the forum (for obvious reasons), so I will put the questions there are in the form here:
1. Which is your e-book device?
2. What's the advantage of your e-book over PAPER BOOKS? (Think about the obvious and unobvious ones)
3. What about the opposite? Wich paper book features and possibilities would you like to have on e-readers?
4. What the advantages of your e-book over TABLETS?
5. Any other comments you'd like to add?
What I'm trying to understand are the intrinsic reasons that leads us to keep printing, transporting and carrying paper books. I understand you are also curious about that, so I envite you to discuss it here!
Form here!!
"Guys, I'm studding the ergonomics and interactions design of e-readers, tablets and books and notebooks themselves to understand why do we still
  
 
  
 print more than 1 billion books every year (just in the US).
There is a link to 2 minutes survey where I ask some basic qualitative questions. Would you mind to help??
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10T4...79QD4/viewform " |
Good Post.
I use all the media. eInk readers, tablet, notebook, desktop, standard books, paperback, and finally occasionally but not often a phone.
I prefer paperback books because you can't break it, easy to transport or store, you can easily mark it up for future reference (I am writing more these days). The old standard books, are larger, heavier and clunky and though I might have bought a used one, I still have a certain reverence for them and treat them nicer than a paper back.
When you get to the digital devices the eReader (my preference) is closest to the paperback, and then all the larger devices sort of fall in there. I end up doing a lot of reading these days on a large monitor when I am working. I can fine tune the monitor for multiple page display, wonderful print, etc.
Finally, the major problem with paper books: bulk, weight, storage space, mold and mildew, bugs, etc.
I have a large number of paperbacks stored in rubbermaid bins in the basement. i have most all the stories in digital form, but I still can't get bring myself to get rid of my old collection of SciFi in paperback form. Even a few hardbound in there but it has been years since I checked.
Your other questions are mostly obvious.
Happy Karma!