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I'm sure someone like me always has the same "hot take" in every thread regarding this, but I honestly still love reading physical books. After spending a day w

by badRNG 6y ago

I'm sure someone like me always has the same "hot take" in every thread regarding this, but I honestly still love reading physical books. After spending a day weary of interacting with screens all day, there is something nice about tapping in to this activity that humans have done for hundreds of years. Sure, e-ink is easier on the eyes, but isolating myself with a good book can be a near spiritual experience.

breakfastduck 6y ago
I agree. E-Readers do a hell of a good job at emulating the experience with e-ink displays & you can't compete with the ability to carry 1000's of books in your bag, but there's something about the reading experience that I wish to keep completely 'analogue'!
wombatmobile 6y ago
Yes, and once read, books can stay with you on the shelves you live with in your habitat, reminding you who you are and what you know and believe.
slipheen 6y ago
I love reading physical books too, the user experience of them is so much nicer. I also like to go back to re-read books. With non-fiction I'll often want to go back to reference or quote something, and with fiction I love reimmersing myself in the worlds the author's create. I've amassed quite a little library of books that I still enjoy having access to and it's lovely. But it's also /terribly/ inconvenient to move to a new apartment. It's also quite annoying when I'm visiting a place, and I'd love to pull up a favourite story but didn't think to bring it with me. I've started moving to a hybrid solution - My absolute favourite stories I keep in paper because I enjoy the feel, but for most books having them digitally much nicer.
- dhosek 6y ago
  I have great spatial memory for things I've read. I was able to pull up a quote from a book that I read the summer of 1992 seven years later because I remembered roughly where in the book and on the page the quote appeared. I could probably go to my library and find it still another 21 years later. I don't get that from e-books.
agentultra 6y ago
I do too but I also don't like to lug around the latest 10k page high fantasy epic I'm reading on a plane. I think there's room for both. I use my Kindle for reading my pop-fiction and stuff I like to read on the go or in bed.
pwinnski 6y ago
I read, on average, about two books per week on Kindle. I buy, on average, about one book per month on paper. There's nothing quite like the smell and feel and experience of paper books, and there's nothing quite like the convenience of Kindle.

by badRNG 6y ago

breakfastduck 6y ago

I agree. E-Readers do a hell of a good job at emulating the experience with e-ink displays & you can't compete with the ability to carry 1000's of books in your bag, but there's something about the reading experience that I wish to keep completely 'analogue'!

wombatmobile 6y ago

Yes, and once read, books can stay with you on the shelves you live with in your habitat, reminding you who you are and what you know and believe.

slipheen 6y ago

I love reading physical books too, the user experience of them is so much nicer. I also like to go back to re-read books. With non-fiction I'll often want to go back to reference or quote something, and with fiction I love reimmersing myself in the worlds the author's create. I've amassed quite a little library of books that I still enjoy having access to and it's lovely. But it's also /terribly/ inconvenient to move to a new apartment. It's also quite annoying when I'm visiting a place, and I'd love to pull up a favourite story but didn't think to bring it with me. I've started moving to a hybrid solution - My absolute favourite stories I keep in paper because I enjoy the feel, but for most books having them digitally much nicer.

dhosek 6y ago
I have great spatial memory for things I've read. I was able to pull up a quote from a book that I read the summer of 1992 seven years later because I remembered roughly where in the book and on the page the quote appeared. I could probably go to my library and find it still another 21 years later. I don't get that from e-books.

agentultra 6y ago

I do too but I also don't like to lug around the latest 10k page high fantasy epic I'm reading on a plane. I think there's room for both. I use my Kindle for reading my pop-fiction and stuff I like to read on the go or in bed.

pwinnski 6y ago

I read, on average, about two books per week on Kindle. I buy, on average, about one book per month on paper. There's nothing quite like the smell and feel and experience of paper books, and there's nothing quite like the convenience of Kindle.