So do you also buy Hbooks and Pbooks?

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

Of course. In fact I buy more real books now than I ever did before. Ebook readers for me are just for reading books that either don't exist in real form or are too expensive. And for reading what a lot of people here call "stolen" books by people I've never heard of before.

Same here. I got my Jetbook Lite in Feb and have bought ebooks for it, but not if its cheaper or the same price in print.

[sakura-panda]

Originally Posted by sakura-panda

I want to say no, but I just bought A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire; it matches the other books I have by him, Wicked, Son of a Witch, and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and I really like the covers on them. I also like the way the pages on the inside look. These are not books that I will be giving away, even if I eventually get ebook versions of them.

That's my first book in the nearly two years that I have had my reader.

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Of course. Quilting books or cookbooks don't 'translate' well to ebooks....the content is there, but the color pictures aren't.

Trying to read instructions isn't nearly as easy.

For me, there will always be room for "shelf worthy" authors...Agatha Christie, James Michener, early Stephen King.

Just seeing a wall of paper books makes me feel good all over!

I didn't even think about that! I've bought about four knitting books as well since I bought my Reader, but they aren't available at all electronically. (I still think of ebooks as pretty much fiction/bestseller nonfiction only -- and I should know better!)

[ATDrake]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The eBook, since it requires no physical storage space.

Actually, no. I get the paper version. I still have trust issues regarding formatting quality and future continued access to replacement availability when it comes to major-publisher DRM-ed eBooks. And I'm sure the price will eventually come down.

Though I should probably mention that I only ever bother to buy my own copies, physical or otherwise, for a very limited selection of authors whose works I'm willing to pay to own/support. The sum total of my English-language fiction TPB/HC collection acquired since my teens takes up maybe 6 shelves, with room to spare. And that's taking into account both my otherwise collector mentality, and including all the "authors I don't really care about owning but they were cheap on sale".

Otherwise, I am quite content to leave it up to the library to carry them for me.

I just don't buy books I don't already know something about and I'm not intending to keep unless it's a case of "it looked good on the used/library/remainder sale table and I don't have a time window to check if it's available through other means".

[obs20]

Most of the time I read ebooks but occaisionally I'll buy a pbook. I find remainder bins irresistable. Why buy an ebook for 10-12 dollars when the remainder is sitting there for 3-5 dollars.

[EowynCarter]

Guess there is two reason I would buy a pbook.
1) book not available as e-book.
2) hardback, for book I really like, too show-off on the library.

[andavane]

Originally Posted by tiniree

I am really curious to find out how many of you continue to purchase "physical" books?? And if you do, why?

Marie

Yes.
I like the feel, and the smell.
I like to see at a glance how far through it I am.
I like the fact that it won't wink out.
I like having my copy signed.
I like the physical act of page turning.

[jaxx6166]

I actually still buy hardcovers, but they have to be books I really want and plan on keeping after the end of the world and the death of digital devices. Most of these are signed/personalized too if I get lucky.

As for paperbacks, I still buy/trade at my local used bookstore. But I mainly will read ebooks