Do you prefer physical book, ebook or audiobook?

[Tarana]

Paper, but due to vision damage, thank goodness for ebooks! Love audiobooks and listen while needlecrafting or sewing, but still prefer to sit down in my comfy chair and read ebooks.

[cc_in_oh]

Ebooks - since 99% of my reads are library borrows, the notes and highlights are indispensable, not to mention providing an automatic documentation trail of reads,

[ps67]

I prefer ebooks, I buy phisical books only when ebooks are not available. I tried audiobook but I don't like them. I prefer to read, not to hear a book.

[Gormagon]

Ebooks, of course. They are more convenient, don't take up space in my flat and they don't smell.

I really don't understood why people, who are capable of reading, listen to audiobooks. I guess it's just laziness.

Radio plays would be something totally different, though I don't listen to them either.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by Gormagon

Ebooks, of course. They are more convenient, don't take up space in my flat and they don't smell.

I really don't understood why people, who are capable of reading, listen to audiobooks. I guess it's just laziness.

Radio plays would be something totally different, though I don't listen to them either.

I like to listen to audiobooks when I cannot read. For example, when I am working in my store before I open. I can listen to an audiobook while I am repairing jewelry, making a custom piece or even when I am cleaning the store. I don't call that lazy. Also, I like to listen to audiobooks while I drive. I used to travel for a living both driving and flying. I learned a long time ago that on long drives, especially at night, I did not get sleepy if I was listening to an audiobook. Music on the other hand was easy to doze off too while driving. Have you ever tried to read while driving? It doesn't work very well.
Apache

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by Gormagon

I really don't understood why people, who are capable of reading, listen to audiobooks. I guess it's just laziness.

I really don't understood why people, who are capable of bicycling, travel by automobile. I guess it's just laziness.

[Sirtel]

There are lots of people who both read and listen to audiobooks, depending on the circumstances. There also are lots of people who strongly prefer one or the other, but not both. As with everything, people have different preferences. This has nothing to do with laziness, of course. I'm one of the laziest people I know. Seriously. And I don't do audiobooks at all. OTOH, I know more than one people who are in no way lazy and who prefer audiobooks.

There are also people who once liked to read books, but who have lost the ability to focus on long texts for one reason or another - stress, health problems, perimenopause, being out of practice, not enough uninterrupted free time and so on. Audiobooks can give them back the enjoyment they once got from reading books.

[Gormagon]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

I really don't understood why people, who are capable of bicycling, travel by automobile. I guess it's just laziness.

You are right. I just use my feet, the underground and other trains. I don't have an automobile neither I am allowed to drive an automobile since I never had a driving licence.

[Apache]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

There are lots of people who both read and listen to audiobooks, depending on the circumstances. There also are lots of people who strongly prefer one or the other, but not both. As with everything, people have different preferences. This has nothing to do with laziness, of course. I'm one of the laziest people I know. Seriously. And I don't do audiobooks at all. OTOH, I know more than one people who are in no way lazy and who prefer audiobooks.

There are also people who once liked to read books, but who have lost the ability to focus on long texts for one reason or another - stress, health problems, perimenopause, being out of practice, not enough uninterrupted free time and so on. Audiobooks can give them back the enjoyment they once got from reading books.

You are in good company. Lazy people are the smart ones. A lazy man invented the bucket, so he did not have to go to the river every time he needed a drink. The man who discovered riding horses was very lazy. Henry Ford was the laziest of them all.
Apache

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Apache

You are in good company. Lazy people are the smart ones. A lazy man invented the bucket, so he did not have to go to the river every time he needed a drink. The man who discovered riding horses was very lazy. Henry Ford was the laziest of them all.
Apache

I'm still waiting for my genius to strike...

[Loosheesh]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I'm still waiting for my genius to strike...

I'm so lazy, I've given up on waiting for my genius to peek

I like my audiobooks ... and even my TTS

[Solitaire1]

My preferences break down as follows:

• EBooks - For books that are mostly text.
• PBooks - Books featuring images and art, such as manga, trade paperback (containing reprints of comics books), and instruction manuals. With these kind of books it is essential to be able to view the entire page at one time, rather than having to scroll around the page.
• Audiobooks - When they are done as audioplays, like Infinite Crisis by Greg Cox which features a full cast and sound effects.
• PBooks - All other books that feature mostly text and disposable items (like tabloids and newspapers).

[NickyWithNook]

I strongly prefer ebooks as I can adjust the font and type size to make reading more comfortable. Ereaders are also lighter than most books and easier to hold and read in bed.

I do pick up pbooks if I see them cheaper at op shops or secondhand book stores than the price of the ebook.

I can't seem to maintain my attention when listening to audiobooks, so I don't use them at all. No shade to those who enjoy audiobooks. I've tried - I just can't.

[Wayne2]

I have no interest in carrying a book around. Travelling with a few heavy books is nothing I'm interested in

[ownedbycats]

For most books, eBook. For books that have lots of images or layout-heavy, physical books.

I'm mildly hard of hearing (auditory processing disorder) so audiobooks I don't use.