Which do you prefer?
I'm caught in between. I love the idea of having all of my books in one device that I can access anytime, but I also love the feeling of a real book in my hands! Plus real books are a little easier on the eyes.
What about you?
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Books! I'm not an e-reader fan...I like reading a physical book, like the feel of it, etc & I also like being able to easily loan them to friends, etc since we tend to read some of the same things.
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Books. I just can't curl up and read an e-book (especially not in the tub!)
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Both. I love real books and I'll buy the real version of books I love but the convenience of the e-Reader is hard to beat.
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Books
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Books. Easier to read. And cheaper.
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Both. The ease of my kindle wins out- so easy to have my book with me all the time I i can read while nursing since you don't have to turn actual pages. For certain books I still prefer a printed book (like Harry Potter).
I have an older kindle and it's just as easy on my eyes as print. I couldn't read on a backlit screen like the kindle fire or an iPad.
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I'm a lover of paper, so I can't believe I'm saying this, but I really enjoy my kindle paperwhite. I first got it before a trip and loved bringing three books on vacation with hardly any weight in my suitcase. I also enjoy having access to more than one book at once if I'm no longer in the mood for the fiction piece I'm reading I just switch to a biography I have on there. It has also been a godsend in waiting rooms and doctor appts. Overall, I think I read more because I have my kindle.
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@Dandelion: I get my ebooks from the library now! I can request it online and when it's available I can check t out right from my iphone and download right into my kindle. Don't even have to leave the couch, much less my condo, and it's free.
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@sweetooth: I really want a paper white kindle. My old one still works fine but the light would be so nice.
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@Foodnerd81: yes, but the kindle cost money in the first place.
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Most of the time, e-reader (for all my fiction)... I like having multiple books in one device. So easy!... but I prefer regular books for nonfiction and parenting books (books that I like to flip back and forth and go back to time and again).
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I prefer books, but reading on my phone has been awesome since it's one less thing to carry around with me. But I don't enjoy reading off my phone.
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Both! I like my e-reader on the subway, so I don't have to cart a big book around, but I like books at home...
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@Mrs. High Heels: That's a good distinction. I don't buy cookbooks on my kindle. It's not where I want that information stored. But I love reducing my pile of fiction on my nightstand.
@Foodnerd81: The light has been a great feature - out on the beach, in bed at night, first thing in the AM, I adjust it often. (I wish I was on the beach right now...kindle in hand and fruity beverage close by...)
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@sweetooth: Yes! Actually, one of my goals this year has been to get through some of the paperback fiction books I own, so that I can donate them all. I want to declutter my books as much as possible (and just keep a few of my favorites). I don't feel the need to store a huge library of books anymore now that borrowing e-books from the library is so easy.
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@Dandelion: ah, true. And it is so easy to just buy an ebook on a whim, where wth a print book you have to go to a store or order it and wait, so I know I used to spend more on ebooks because it was so easy. But I have had my kindle for five years now so the cost of the kindle, per book, is like nothing at this point.
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I am SO torn on this. I think that a library is so important so a child to have access to, and while we have a nice one, the books all represent our interests from the past, not so much now. A library in you amazon cloud just does not cut it. But then I'm holding a heavy paperback and thinking man, this is big! I also love being able to buy more books in a series really easily. We've decided to buy the first book in a series in paperback as a rule.
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I like and use both but prefer my e-reader for convenience. I think I read way more overall because I have my e-reader with me all the time. And with the "e-ink", I don't have any eye strain.
@lovehoneybee: I used my e-reader in the bathtub all the time! I just slide it in a slip lock bag in case it gets splashed!
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I love real books but I also love how I can instantly purchase new books on the Kindle.
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Depends on my mood, right no I'm on a real book kick, but I like my reader for traveling/to throw in my purse to read on the go.
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Definitely books! However, ereaders definitely have their place. We often share rooms with our LOs when we travel and stay in hotels and the light from an e-reader is much less distracting than having to keep a lamp on to read a real book or magazine.
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Books....if I'm honest, I don't even know where my Kindle is. lol
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Kindle. I like to jump around from book to book depending on my mood, often reading a few at a time unless one really grabs my attention, so I have a ton of books in my electronic library to choose from.
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It depends! I don't get to read much for fun but when I do I prefer an e-book. Especially now that I read while nursing on my phone. But the vast majority of my reading is for my work and for that I need paper-- I'm big on writing in the margins and the inside of the back cover if I own the book, and also checking footnotes are is way easier with paper. And, skipping back and forth between sections
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I definitely prefer a reading real books, but I love the ease with which I can purchase an e-book.
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