[qotd] #4358

[delacourtings]

[Error: unknown template qotd]I love e-readers! I love physical books as well, though. It's really half and half for me. I love holding a physical book in my hands, but e-readers are extremely convenient. In fact, most of the books I've read recently have been on iBooks. I tend to read them more quickly this way as well? I think just because I always have my phone on me so whenever I have a spare moment I just open up the app and start reading. Whether it be waiting in the car to pick my sister up from school or if I'm someplace without internet, I have it right there in my hands. It also allows me to carry around more books, in case I finish one or am not feeling the book I'm currently reading that day. You can't exactly carry around hundreds of physical copies of books around everywhere you go. But that's not to say I don't love having physical copies of books, because I do. Like I said, I'm really not on one side or the other. Honestly, I don't feel like there isn't much of a debate as it seems? I think most readers just love to read whether it be a physical copy or an e-book. I don't think it really matters, just as long as they're reading.

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[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I don't feel like there isn't much of a debate as it seems? I think most readers just love to read whether it be a physical copy or an e-book. I don't think it really matters, just as long as they're reading.

Yeah, I agree.

I've always been confused about this particular "debate", because it's so nonsensical. E-books are not going to replace books, same as how computers haven't replaced televisions or escalators haven't replaced stairs, and so on. I find it ridiculous that someone would be all anti-e-book because they believe that having a hundred books on a small device is betraying physical books for some reason. They can both coincide with one overlooking the other, plus the convenience of e-books makes life so much easier when you are traveling or just not wanting to carrying a dozen heavy books from place to place. And as you said, anyone who likes reading will take it in any form.

[frelling-tralk.livejournal.com]

Yeah I like both too. I definitely find it easier to read more since getting my kindle, it's just so tempting to check out the sample chapters and see what you think, and then have the book brought and d/l within seconds