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View Poll Results: How many of us are reading exclusively in electronic format? | |||
Yes, I am reading in electronic format only | 185 | 63.79% | |
No, not all of the books I read are electronic format | 105 | 36.21% | |
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11-08-2012, 06:33 AM | #76 |
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11-09-2012, 10:41 AM | #77 |
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I still buy Cookbooks and Art books. I also still get magazines in the post. I admit that the ones that also give me digital editions are what I read on my iPad.
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11-10-2012, 12:41 AM | #78 |
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I've been a lifelong reader and always loved the look and feel of books, and the scent of libraries, so when ereading devices first hit the market, I was not first on the bandwagon to get one. However, I received a Nook Color on my birthday two years ago and I haven't looked back. My vision has worsened over the years so I always had to buy Trade's or hard cover editions and this got to be quite expensive. Now I can adjust the font and this has transformed my reading experience. Plus I love the convenience of being able to download a book from anywhere, anytime, even during the middle of a snowstorm.
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11-10-2012, 08:09 PM | #79 | |
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11-10-2012, 08:09 PM | #80 | |
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11-12-2012, 09:01 AM | #81 | |
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I'm now leaning towards e-books when I can because my eyesight is going south (a bit) and my arms are not growing longer. Another reason I lean towards e-books is that I tend to like loooong stories and it is much easier to read 1000 pages on a 200g device than hold a 1kg door stopper. But I am one of those people who likes to re-read and I have many hundreds of paper books so I'm not going to stop reading paper books any time soon. I may stop buying them. Or not. I have bought paper books since I got my first e-reader (I'm on my third) so maybe I'll never stop buying paper books... About the only time when I go exclusively e-book is when I go in holiday or on a short trip for 2-3-4 days as I will not longer carry paper books with me. Also, when in holiday or on a trip my reading likes/dislikes seem to sometimes change a bit (weird huh?) so I'm glad to have my e-reader stocked with books of about 3-4 genres (and I usually take a few old favourites just in case) if I feel I don't want to read whatever book I was in the middle of as the plane takes off. |
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11-14-2012, 10:02 AM | #82 |
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I'm a retro girl; always have been and always will be. There is something that attaches me emotionally to paper books. I'll travel with a Kindle, but I still keep my favorite books on shelves. I also still purchase current paperbacks. Actually holding a book in my hands, I think, connects me to my childhood.
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11-15-2012, 02:48 PM | #83 |
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I pretty much exclusively read digital now, though I make an exception for when the book is itself a physical work of art such as fancy illustrated editions.
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11-15-2012, 03:32 PM | #84 |
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I'll read a physical book only as a last resort. And then, grudgingly.
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11-16-2012, 04:47 PM | #85 |
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11-16-2012, 05:12 PM | #86 |
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I will always buy the paperback if it is less expensive than the ebook, which is often the case with novels that have been around a while.
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11-29-2012, 11:42 PM | #87 |
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Until they change their (stupid) rules, I have print books for takeoff/landing purposes. Also, not every book is available as an ebook. And, how do you classify audiobooks?
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11-30-2012, 03:54 AM | #88 |
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I still prefer paper, it's just more of an all round reading 'experience' and for most of the books I want to read the paper versions are much cheaper than their ebook counterparts. I guess I'm still stuck in the 'wanting to own something physical' mindset.
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11-30-2012, 04:14 AM | #89 |
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Whenever I can I read e-books. But sometimes they don't work, like books with lots of pictures (explaining exercises, for example).
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11-30-2012, 12:41 PM | #90 |
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For the forst time in about a year and a half i read a paper book. It was free dick wolf first book btw love him anyway i was having such a hard time reading because it was a big paperback and my hands started to hurt. I couldnt read with one hand had to read with two. I finally finished the book and went back to reading on my nook oh how i missed reading on it.
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