Frank Goad
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What is better reading a book made on paper?Or one downloaded on your computer?For me it's downloaded.
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What is better reading a book made on paper?Or one downloaded on your computer?
- Thread starter Frank Goad
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Although i prefer paper i have quite a few Amazon and Google books.
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ratiocinator
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Not sure about downloaded to a computer (rather than an e-reader or tablet). Assuming ebooks generally, both have advantages and disadvantages. I tend to use ebooks for fiction and general non-fiction, but they're hopeless for textbooks that you intend to seriously study.What is better reading a book made on paper?Or one downloaded on your computer?For me it's downloaded.
I'm rather nostalgic for paper books but they take up a lot of space to store if you have a lot, and are heavy to carry around or take on holiday. You can carry multiple ebooks and have access to your entire library just from one small and light device.
RestlessSoul
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Well I'm 62 so my answer probably has a lot to do with that. But I love books and enjoy them in a way I can never enjoy reading words on a screen.
On the mezzanine as you enter Foyles bookshop in Charing Cross Road, London, is written the motto "Welcome booklover, you are among friends". That gives me a little shudder every time.
On the mezzanine as you enter Foyles bookshop in Charing Cross Road, London, is written the motto "Welcome booklover, you are among friends". That gives me a little shudder every time.
Hermit Philosopher
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I believe that this mainly depends on one’s age and what one’s been used to.What is better reading a book made on paper?Or one downloaded on your computer?For me it's downloaded.
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Hermit
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There's something about print books that electronics can't replicate. There's texture, smell, sound.
However, it is sometimes convenient to have something on my phone that I can read.
However, it is sometimes convenient to have something on my phone that I can read.
It's too tiresome to read on the screen, especially when you need to study very voluminous books.
Because laws always change, and updated laws are often available online only, I need to use e-books, at times, to be up-to-date.
But I really, really regret when at my university, I had my paper books. I could write my notes on them.
They are irreplaceable.
And a book store is like the nicest place on Earth.
Because laws always change, and updated laws are often available online only, I need to use e-books, at times, to be up-to-date.
But I really, really regret when at my university, I had my paper books. I could write my notes on them.
They are irreplaceable.
And a book store is like the nicest place on Earth.
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I used to work on Tottenham Court Road and hence spent many a lunch break reading at Foyles or Waterstones (off TC Road), even buying books from both, but also reading a whole book over time so as not to buy it.
I prefer books apart from wanting them to be digital size.
Shadow Wolf
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Real books are better, and anything I'll be having to flip back and forth with I absolutely refuse to do it on an ereader.
ratiocinator
Lightly seared on the reality grill.
I don't. I'm a tad older than @RestlessSoul and was perfectly happy to make the transition to ebooks for practical reasons (and not for textbooks that you need to study, again for practical reasons).
RestlessSoul
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I used to work on Tottenham Court Road and hence spent many a lunch break reading at Foyles or Waterstones (off TC Road), even buying books from both, but also reading a whole book over time so as not to buy it.
I prefer books apart from wanting them to be digital size.
Do you know Hatchard's, on Piccadilly? Next to Fortnum and masons where I like to buy my tea, and opposite the Royal Academy of Arts?
Someone told me Waterstones have bought them out, which would be a shame if true.
No, not part of my haunts. A favourite pub was the Wheatsheaf on Rathbone Place, and some of the others in the area. Of course whilst at Foyles, there was a nice Jazz shop nearby, Dobells, and HMV on TC Road, which saw more spending.
What is better reading a book made on paper?Or one downloaded on your computer?For me it's downloaded.
I prefer Kindle. It gives me access to a much wider variety of books (since many may be unavailable in physical form where I live), and it also saves me storage space at my place.
I only do paper.
If I'm just going to read a fun novel, the kindle is fine.What is better reading a book made on paper?Or one downloaded on your computer?For me it's downloaded.
But if I want to read something important, I like a real, physical book. I like to add post-it notes and such