I see ebooks and paper in much the same way I see streaming music and vinyl.
I love my vinyl collection. I love the feeling of putting on a record, the old school analogue nature of it. There’s a kind of ritual in dropping the needle.
But I can’t bring vinyl in the car or on a plane.
I love paper books, but they’re not always the most practical thing. So ebooks are often a better solution. Which is better is really situational.
Personally, as someone who has published, a couldn’t care less what medium someone uses to enjoy my novel. Ebook, paper, audiobook; the words are the same, and the words are what matter. How those words are delivered is not important.
I would like to enjoy your novel in the form of a series of people slowly walking by me, each with a single sentence of your book tattooed on their back. Chapter headings tattooed on the side of a horse, so I can quickly glance down the street and know how soon the chapter will be ending.
Not gonna lie, if someone actually arranged that, it would be the raddest thing that had happened in the history of the universe, and I would immediately question their sanity for picking my book to indelibly ink on a bunch of human bodies, instead of many far better options.
Ebooks. Much more accessible just by virtue of being able to change the font, size of text, colour, etc. Can also fit a whole lot more books into a much smaller space.
I’ve got over a thousand paperbacks on my shelves, and I’m realizing that I just have too many to move house or to make someone deal with when I die. I don’t like ebooks, but I think I’ll switch just to reduce how much STUFF I have.
I realized about 1/3 of everything I had to move when I moved were boxes filled with books. I ended up getting rid of 90% of the books and just use an ereader for everything now. And my digital library has swelled to many times the size of my old physical library.
Nice.
I mostly read sci-fi from the 50s-70s, so I bet I can easily find those ebooks just laying around somewhere.
I don’t have an e-reader, and reading on my phone is annoying. I see recommendations for readers often in the FOSS and piracy communities, so I’ll bet there’s a good one out there for me.
I don’t really care but it’s significantly more convenient to use eBook, especially if you’re not reading at home.
Physical book to support the author.
Ebook to actually read the book .
Ebook for fiction books. The convenience is amazing and i don’t have enough space for all the books as physical copies in my place. Plus generally much cheaper to buy.
I do however buy some non-fiction books (ex. books on writing/editing/crafting techniques/etc.) as physical copies as I reference them more often and searching is much easier in physical format.
Exactly my feelings.
Ebooks are so convenient but I buy paper or hardback for historical and biographies (they usually contain maps, diagrams and pictures which are more easily referenced and viewed in real life).
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Paper
I prefer paper, but since my wife claims 90% of the shelf space I usually read ebooks.
I still prefer paper books. I’m behind a computer all day long so it’s a nice break. Just ordered Good Omens so I’m excited about that.
Paper 100%. It’s just a better reading experience for me. I can flip around more easily. I enjoy how it feels in my hand.
I’m of the same opinion. I sometimes see people on my light rail commute journey carrying physical books and it just makes me appreciate the convenience of ebooks.
Ebook. Specially epub format.
A lot of the paper books I own are not available as ebooks, but I do find that I actually read ebooks much more readily.
Both. I have a Kobo for when I am on the go and physical books for when I am chilling at home. I usually have a different book going for each case.
