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It's a bit sad to me that the question here is "did you buy a book in the last year". Also sad that most people didn't. I am curious, among people who buy a lot
by lacker 5y ago
It's a bit sad to me that the question here is "did you buy a book in the last year". Also sad that most people didn't. I am curious, among people who buy a lot of books, like a book a week, whether those people still prefer paper books.
Personally, I really prefer Kindle books. They don't take up a lot of space, you don't have to figure out how to get rid of your old Kindle books, you don't lose your Kindle books and accidentally rebuy a second copy. You can keep your Kindle in your pocket to make it easy to read whatever you want wherever you happen to be when you have some free time.
I do wish Kindles were faster. Faster to turn the page, faster to turn on, faster to respond when I tap on a word to see its definition. Sometimes I almost get a "Google Reader" vibe, where I completely love the product, and the company itself seems a little "meh" about it.
- CiceroCiceronis 5y agoI fall into the category you describe and prefer paper books. I’ll resort to ebooks for things like expensive academic books and essay anthologies where I’m only interested in a single chapter. The experience of reading a physical book at length, especially fiction, is far superior.
- salamandersauce 5y agoHow so? Ebook I can override the publishers poor font choice or size. All my books weigh the exact 230ish grams. I don't need to flip to the back to read endnotes and a dictionary is a press away. And when I'm done a book I always have another with me even on the bus. The only thing paper novels do better contrast.
- rsj_hn 5y agoThese questions are a bit outdated. People read all the time now. They write all the time. It's just that they read text online that is rarely in book form.