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Originally Posted by rcentros
The distinction between eBooks and "physical" books is pretty much irrelevant for me. The last ten books I've read have been evenly divided between "physical" books and eBooks (five of each). The main advantage of eBooks is that they're usually easier to get (borrow from the library or download – if public domain – or buy online if not).
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That's pretty-much where I'm at (though I read very few physical books at this point). Unless it's somehow relevant to the conversation, I tend to use the term "book" for both electronic and physical books. Like you, the main advantage ebooks hold for me is in getting books quickly and easily, not in
reading them (with the exception of being able to change the font-size).
I think most people who've been ereading (as in reading electronic representations of novels/textbooks on portable devices) for a while tend to stop thinking of ebooks as "different" from books.
The novelty of the device wore out about 3 chapters into my first ebook. After that, I was simply reading books ... much like I've always done. Different, but same.