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Originally Posted by Sirtel
As can be read from various posts in this thread, I and many other MR members strongly prefer ebooks to paper and not only when traveling, but in most other circumstances as well. Many of us have read ebooks for more than a decade. We don't necessarily use Kindles; there are other ereader brands.
Then there are a few odd people who still like to read paper books   There's no accounting for taste, as they say... |
Whenever people talk about physical books nostalgia, I find it extremely difficult to relate
eBooks seem to be better in almost every way: highlights, lookup, portability (whole library), search, ease of getting new titles...
The only type of physical books I'd buy are heavy technical/mathematical works, since Kindle et al tend to have trouble displaying the characters properly...