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dmaul1114 · 06-19-2010, 12:26 PM

I can see where he came from having read 95% of a hardback before reading on my Kindle for a long flight (book was too heavy to lug to read the last 5%). Finished off the hardcover last night, and read some more on my Kindle.

I definitely prefer the experience of reading a paper book for sure. But on the other hand, I seldom re-read so I hate having a paper book to store or get rid of after reading.

So I'm generally willing to make a small sacrifice in preferred reading format to not have a physical copy of a book to dispose of after read (or to hassle with the library).

So I generally only buy paper books for two reasons now.

1. It's one of my favorites that I will re-read every few years.

2. Work related books--text books, books reporting on research studies etc. As those I need to be able to quickly flip through, highlight, jot notes in the margins etc. which can't be done to my satisfaction on current e-readers. Maybe a big screen tablet with stylus down the road will get me to switch to e-books there.

06-19-2010, 12:26 PM	#64
dmaul1114 Wizard Posts: 2,300 Karma: 1121709 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Amazon Kindle 1	I can see where he came from having read 95% of a hardback before reading on my Kindle for a long flight (book was too heavy to lug to read the last 5%). Finished off the hardcover last night, and read some more on my Kindle. I definitely prefer the experience of reading a paper book for sure. But on the other hand, I seldom re-read so I hate having a paper book to store or get rid of after reading. So I'm generally willing to make a small sacrifice in preferred reading format to not have a physical copy of a book to dispose of after read (or to hassle with the library). So I generally only buy paper books for two reasons now. 1. It's one of my favorites that I will re-read every few years. 2. Work related books--text books, books reporting on research studies etc. As those I need to be able to quickly flip through, highlight, jot notes in the margins etc. which can't be done to my satisfaction on current e-readers. Maybe a big screen tablet with stylus down the road will get me to switch to e-books there.