When Was The Last Time You Read A PBook? - Page 5

JSWolf · 12-02-2011, 07:38 PM

I have a pBook sitting here waiting to be read and I'm having a hard time trying to get to it.

KarenH · 12-02-2011, 09:34 PM

The last pbook I read was also the first book I read in 2011, and the only reason I read the paper version is that one of the members of a reading group I belong to entered a contest with the publisher and won HC copies for everyone in the group. Including that book, I've probably read only about 3 or 4 pbooks since I got my first reader 2 1/2 years ago.

Fbone · 12-02-2011, 09:48 PM

We're up to 40% who have read a pbook this week.

Todd Young · 12-02-2011, 11:12 PM

I'm reading a pbook at the moment. It doesn't worry me because it's not a hard cover. It's a small paperback and I can handle that, though I must admit that every time I pick a pbook up the print seems to have gotten smaller.

ClairePMR · 12-03-2011, 01:01 PM

I read a paper book about five weeks ago - by flashlight - after our power was out for seven very long days (that monster snowstorm in the Northeast) and my Nook's battery finally pooped out. It was an odd experience, as the last time before that may have been as many as eight or nine years ago, which would have been sometime after I got my Rocket Ebook. I couldn't wait to find a power source!

ragwitch · 12-04-2011, 11:02 AM

I can't hardly remember. It's a Stephen King book, I think.

beppe · 12-04-2011, 01:01 PM

Actually reading this one

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inside I found this particular monster, that little girl is convinced is inhabitating my ear

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Lemurion · 12-04-2011, 05:32 PM

I usually have two or three books on the go at any time - and at least one is usually a pBook. I like reading more than I worry about what I'm reading.

Latinandgreek · 12-04-2011, 06:51 PM

I do read pbooks, but they are almost exclusively pbooks that I was not able to find (or afford) as ebooks. They are mostly non-fiction; fiction is much easier to find in as an epub. I am almost always reading a pbook at the same time as an ebook. I do prefer ebooks for fiction.

Laine · 12-04-2011, 10:28 PM

I saw someone at the railway station reading a really, really thick spined paperback yesterday. I was thinking how awkward it looked and I'd never manage it.

DoctorOhh · 12-06-2011, 03:23 AM

I think the last paper book I read was in August of 2007.

Sweetpea · 12-06-2011, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cklls

I read a paper book about five weeks ago - by flashlight - after our power was out for seven very long days (that monster snowstorm in the Northeast) and my Nook's battery finally pooped out. It was an odd experience, as the last time before that may have been as many as eight or nine years ago, which would have been sometime after I got my Rocket Ebook. I couldn't wait to find a power source!

I'd start my car and charge my reader using the car charging plug!

(got one for my Sony, my Mini and my Flyer...)

xg4bx · 12-06-2011, 05:21 AM

currently. i'm on a paper kick.

bfisher · 12-06-2011, 02:51 PM

Since there are still so many back list books out there that may never make it into ebook format; I expect to still be reading pbooks for the forseeable future.

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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12-04-2011, 01:01 PM	#67
beppe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,161 Karma: 81026524 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Italy Device: Kindle3, Ipod4, IPad2	Actually reading this one inside I found this particular monster, that little girl is convinced is inhabitating my ear

12-04-2011, 06:51 PM	#69
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	I do read pbooks, but they are almost exclusively pbooks that I was not able to find (or afford) as ebooks. They are mostly non-fiction; fiction is much easier to find in as an epub. I am almost always reading a pbook at the same time as an ebook. I do prefer ebooks for fiction. Last edited by Latinandgreek; 12-04-2011 at 06:55 PM.

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12-02-2011, 07:38 PM	#61
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,763 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I have a pBook sitting here waiting to be read and I'm having a hard time trying to get to it.

12-02-2011, 09:34 PM	#62
KarenH Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 37762 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NW Washington State, USA Device: K3	The last pbook I read was also the first book I read in 2011, and the only reason I read the paper version is that one of the members of a reading group I belong to entered a contest with the publisher and won HC copies for everyone in the group. Including that book, I've probably read only about 3 or 4 pbooks since I got my first reader 2 1/2 years ago.

12-02-2011, 09:48 PM	#63
Fbone Is that a sandwich? Posts: 8,292 Karma: 101697116 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Nook Glowlight Plus	We're up to 40% who have read a pbook this week.

12-02-2011, 11:12 PM	#64
Todd Young Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 1004164 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle 2	I'm reading a pbook at the moment. It doesn't worry me because it's not a hard cover. It's a small paperback and I can handle that, though I must admit that every time I pick a pbook up the print seems to have gotten smaller.

12-03-2011, 01:01 PM	#65
ClairePMR Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 1030058 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New England Device: PocketBook Color, Kindle, EB1150, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, Surface Pro 2017	I read a paper book about five weeks ago - by flashlight - after our power was out for seven very long days (that monster snowstorm in the Northeast) and my Nook's battery finally pooped out. It was an odd experience, as the last time before that may have been as many as eight or nine years ago, which would have been sometime after I got my Rocket Ebook. I couldn't wait to find a power source!

12-04-2011, 11:02 AM	#66
ragwitch Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 32890 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	I can't hardly remember. It's a Stephen King book, I think.

12-04-2011, 05:32 PM	#68
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I usually have two or three books on the go at any time - and at least one is usually a pBook. I like reading more than I worry about what I'm reading.

12-04-2011, 10:28 PM	#70
Laine Addict Posts: 341 Karma: 1162396 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cabramatta, Sydney, Australia Device: Aura H2O, Voyage	I saw someone at the railway station reading a really, really thick spined paperback yesterday. I was thinking how awkward it looked and I'd never manage it.

12-06-2011, 03:23 AM	#71
DoctorOhh US Navy, Retired Posts: 9,897 Karma: 13806776 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: North Carolina Device: Icarus Illumina XL HD, Kindle PaperWhite SE 11th Gen	I think the last paper book I read was in August of 2007.

12-06-2011, 05:21 AM	#73
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	currently. i'm on a paper kick.

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12-06-2011, 02:51 PM	#74
bfisher Wizard Posts: 1,638 Karma: 28483498 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ottawa Canada Device: Sony PRS-T3, Galaxy (Aldiko, Kobo app)	Since there are still so many back list books out there that may never make it into ebook format; I expect to still be reading pbooks for the forseeable future.