I do both. Fiction: almost exclusively ebook. Sometimes there's a special edition that is hard cover and has pages that feel nicely in your hand. I'll buy tha

I do both. Fiction: almost exclusively ebook. Sometimes there's a special edition that is hard cover and has pages that feel nicely in your hand. I'll buy that. The experience becomes more than just words. In general if it is just words read in order no flipping back and forth, just read the story ebook works really well. You get to read at a comfortable font size, don't have to keep the book open(cheaply made paperbacks can be annoying, imagine reading war and peace or atlas shrugged), don't have to worry about a book mark. It estimates for you how much time left in the chapter. It's rather nice. Coding: Almost exclusively physical. Code listing don't work that well on a kindle, or iPad. It's nice to read a little bit, go look at the code, read a little more. ebooks suck for this. Recipe books, reference material, also physical. flipping through an ebook doesn't always work well. Non-fiction: Mixed. For expediency e-books. To serve as a reminder to read, physical books. If I just read a topic, want to read more on that same topic I'd rather not loose momentum and go straight to an ebook. If I'm traveling, I also prefer an ebook, extra weight to carry isn't always great. A physical book is an object though and experience and sometimes that can be helpful.