When Was The Last Time You Read A PBook? - Page 4

Fbone · 11-30-2011, 06:51 PM

So far over 1/3 of us have read a pbook this week. More than I expected.

birdbrainbb · 11-30-2011, 11:22 PM

I last read a pbook at the beginning of this month. I probably would have read more of them, but they're mostly all packed away now in preparation for a move. Normally I read more pbooks than ebooks in a month, though.

Hamlet53 · 12-01-2011, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Fbone

So far over 1/3 of us have read a pbook this week. More than I expected.

I would have thought that the proportion would have been even more than that. But then I am more concerned with the book [content] than I am the delivery format.

DMB · 12-01-2011, 08:11 AM

I don't like the physical experience of reading a dead-tree book any more. Ebook reading is much more attractive.

But I did start reading a dtbook just over a month ago when I was having a sort-out of dt books that I still have. I chucked it out after reading a few chapters. There was a reason why it had languished unread on the shelf for so long.

I don't buy dtbooks any more apart from cookery books.

simplyparticular · 12-01-2011, 02:17 PM

For myself, over six months ago (in the spring), I read a library hardcover because it wasn't available as an eBook. I no longer purchase pBooks for myself, I only borrow them, for comfort/space/clutter reasons.

For my children, today, yesterday and every day since they were old enough to pay attention. We own and borrow many children's pBooks. I do read eBooks to them, but the selection is still pretty small compared to our library's generous selection.

On a separate note with pBooks, I have always had issues with the various formats, but now that eBooks are an option, I have no motivation to put up with them.

I loathe reading hardcovers - I find them heavy, uncomfortable and difficult to hold open while reading in bed.
I tolerate reading trade paperbacks, as long as they have the nicer paper that hardcovers use.
I prefer the size of the MMPB, but I hate the narrow margins, how I have to crack the spine in order to read close to the gutter, and I can't stand newsprint paper, especially if it is an older one that has begun disintegrating.
I loathe reading newspaper - the texture and ink transfer are very annoying.
I like reading magazines, but any that have a female audience are ruined by the stupid perfume inserts.

So my reading for the near and distant future is likely to be 99% digital. I can wait for any title - there's plenty on my TBR list to choose from.

Asawi · 12-01-2011, 02:46 PM

Horror!

I just realized that my Christmas present for myself this year actually is a paper book! A memoir that isn't available as eBook. Wonder how I'll cope reading it!!
(I had forgotten about it until I was wrapping up the copy I got for my daughter.)

txgecko · 12-02-2011, 10:11 AM

eh, sometime in the last month for me, I think. But really, that's only because I'm a student and have to read stuff I can't get as an ebook (or need the paper version to cite page numbers, or something). If I didn't have to do that, I think it would be much longer.

Poppa1956 · 12-02-2011, 10:45 AM

I started Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods in dead-tree format, finished on my NookColor, just so i could increase the print size on demand. I love my reader for that, but I won't recommend the book so hardily.

Spock96 · 12-02-2011, 10:55 AM

Earlier this month I finally got time to sit down and finish the Chronicles of Narnia. The big paperback version the way it goes story wise starting with the magicians nephew and so on. I haven't read any of them since I was younger and I got it from a friend.

Nyssa · 12-02-2011, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Spock96

Earlier this month I finally got time to sit down and finish the Chronicles of Narnia. The big paperback version the way it goes story wise starting with the magicians nephew and so on. I haven't read any of them since I was younger and I got it from a friend.

I wanted to read that as well, as I have only read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Unfortunatly, I lent it to someone who never returned it. I may replace it one day.

Spock96 · 12-02-2011, 12:43 PM

They are good books.

shanghaichica · 12-02-2011, 12:59 PM

At some point in 2009, now that I think about it.

sun surfer · 12-02-2011, 01:51 PM

I wonder if it's just that not very many people have last read a pbook between six months and a year ago, or if the option was just too complicated so people chose another.

HomeInMyShoes · 12-02-2011, 02:16 PM

I've read 22 pbooks this year (42% of total books read). With the prices as they are and no easy library lending in Canada for Kindles yet I still read a lot of paper.

Purple Lady · 12-02-2011, 07:29 PM

I haven't read a pbook since I got my reader. I still read newspapers for now, but my subscription ends at the end of the year and I will switch to rss feeds built in Calibre.

View Poll Results: When Was The Last Time That You Read A PBook?
Why, today of course!	48	27.59%
Just this week, mate!	25	14.37%
I declare! Some time earlier this month, I s'pose.	22	12.64%
Hmm...I think it was no longer than six months ago...	17	9.77%
A point of time exactly between 182.621099 days and 365.242199 days, on the dot!	10	5.75%
If you absolutely must know, last year.	14	8.05%
It was a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.	30	17.24%
What is this "paper" that you speak of?	8	4.60%
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11-30-2011, 06:51 PM	#46
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,314 Karma: 103930826 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	So far over 1/3 of us have read a pbook this week. More than I expected.

11-30-2011, 11:22 PM	#47
birdbrainbb Addict Posts: 287 Karma: 2191035 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Anaheim, CA Device: Kindle Oasis, Kindle Paperwhite 5	I last read a pbook at the beginning of this month. I probably would have read more of them, but they're mostly all packed away now in preparation for a move. Normally I read more pbooks than ebooks in a month, though.

12-01-2011, 08:11 AM	#49
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	I don't like the physical experience of reading a dead-tree book any more. Ebook reading is much more attractive. But I did start reading a dtbook just over a month ago when I was having a sort-out of dt books that I still have. I chucked it out after reading a few chapters. There was a reason why it had languished unread on the shelf for so long. I don't buy dtbooks any more apart from cookery books.

12-01-2011, 02:17 PM	#50
simplyparticular Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 1395952 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: New York Device: Oasis 3 & GlowLight 4	For myself, over six months ago (in the spring), I read a library hardcover because it wasn't available as an eBook. I no longer purchase pBooks for myself, I only borrow them, for comfort/space/clutter reasons. For my children, today, yesterday and every day since they were old enough to pay attention. We own and borrow many children's pBooks. I do read eBooks to them, but the selection is still pretty small compared to our library's generous selection. On a separate note with pBooks, I have always had issues with the various formats, but now that eBooks are an option, I have no motivation to put up with them. I loathe reading hardcovers - I find them heavy, uncomfortable and difficult to hold open while reading in bed. I tolerate reading trade paperbacks, as long as they have the nicer paper that hardcovers use. I prefer the size of the MMPB, but I hate the narrow margins, how I have to crack the spine in order to read close to the gutter, and I can't stand newsprint paper, especially if it is an older one that has begun disintegrating. I loathe reading newspaper - the texture and ink transfer are very annoying. I like reading magazines, but any that have a female audience are ruined by the stupid perfume inserts. So my reading for the near and distant future is likely to be 99% digital. I can wait for any title - there's plenty on my TBR list to choose from.

12-01-2011, 02:46 PM	#51
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,467 Karma: 3865860 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Libra2, Tolino Vision 6	Horror! I just realized that my Christmas present for myself this year actually is a paper book! A memoir that isn't available as eBook. Wonder how I'll cope reading it!! (I had forgotten about it until I was wrapping up the copy I got for my daughter.)

12-02-2011, 10:11 AM	#52
txgecko Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 12996 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dallas, TX Device: Pocketbook Color	eh, sometime in the last month for me, I think. But really, that's only because I'm a student and have to read stuff I can't get as an ebook (or need the paper version to cite page numbers, or something). If I didn't have to do that, I think it would be much longer.

12-02-2011, 10:45 AM	#53
Poppa1956 Evangelist Posts: 487 Karma: 344188 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Device: Verizon Ellipsis Tablit w/Kindle and Nook apps.	I started Lucid Intervals by Stuart Woods in dead-tree format, finished on my NookColor, just so i could increase the print size on demand. I love my reader for that, but I won't recommend the book so hardily.

12-02-2011, 10:55 AM	#54
Spock96 Book Geek. Posts: 78 Karma: 639132 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G	Earlier this month I finally got time to sit down and finish the Chronicles of Narnia. The big paperback version the way it goes story wise starting with the magicians nephew and so on. I haven't read any of them since I was younger and I got it from a friend.

12-02-2011, 12:43 PM	#56
Spock96 Book Geek. Posts: 78 Karma: 639132 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G	They are good books.

12-02-2011, 12:59 PM	#57
shanghaichica Guru Posts: 991 Karma: 5782970 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Scribe,Kindle Oasis 3, iPad Pro 11,15 Pro Max,iPad mini 7,colorsoft	At some point in 2009, now that I think about it.

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12-02-2011, 01:51 PM	#58
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	I wonder if it's just that not very many people have last read a pbook between six months and a year ago, or if the option was just too complicated so people chose another.

12-02-2011, 02:16 PM	#59
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I've read 22 pbooks this year (42% of total books read). With the prices as they are and no easy library lending in Canada for Kindles yet I still read a lot of paper.

12-02-2011, 07:29 PM	#60
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	I haven't read a pbook since I got my reader. I still read newspapers for now, but my subscription ends at the end of the year and I will switch to rss feeds built in Calibre.