Question of the Day - Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025

[kattabelly]

Very occasionally on my phone but only if something is cheap/free and easily available to download AND getting hold of a physical copy would be much more difficult and/or expensive

 

[FrostRanger]

I prefer ebooks nowadays because it's easier to read when not at home. I have to remember to bring a physical book but i pretty much always have my phone on me

 

[HorseGirlAbby]

I’ve only ever read paper books. Looking at a screen too long hurts my eyes

 

[Sally PB]

Just about all the books I read nowadays are on my Kindle.

Plusses:
-It fits in my pocket.
-I have a lot (500? more?) books in one small space.
-I can read it in bed and not bother hubby, as I don't have a light on.
-I can take it to read in the car, and I don't need any light.
-I subscribe to an e-book list by email (book bub) and most of my books cost $1.99 or 2.99; some are free (and most of those are worth nothing )

Minuses:
-I often could not tell you the name of the book I'm reading, or its author. With a physical book, you see that info every time you pick it up. With my Kindle, it opens to where I stopped reading.
-If you read a really crappy print book, you can get some satisfaction of throwing the book across the room. Don't do that with a Kindle.
-Most graphics (drawings, illustrations, maps, graphs, equations) are horrid. Way too light, and since it's all B&W, shading on graphs is all a mush of almost the same shade of grey.

 

[notabitail]

Just about all the books I read nowadays are on my Kindle.

Plusses:
-It fits in my pocket.
-I have a lot (500? more?) books in one small space.
-I can read it in bed and not bother hubby, as I don't have a light on.
-I can take it to read in the car, and I don't need any light.
-I subscribe to an e-book list by email (book bub) and most of my books cost $1.99 or 2.99; some are free (and most of those are worth nothing )

Minuses:
-I often could not tell you the name of the book I'm reading, or its author. With a physical book, you see that info every time you pick it up. With my Kindle, it opens to where I stopped reading.
-If you read a really crappy print book, you can get some satisfaction of throwing the book across the room. Don't do that with a Kindle.
-Most graphics (drawings, illustrations, maps, graphs, equations) are horrid. Way too light, and since it's all B&W, shading on graphs is all a mush of almost the same shade of grey.

They sell color Kindles now (I think), but as far as I know they're expensive.

 

[muddy75]

I used to read on a kobo then kindle and now audible

 

[tripletfeb]

Nope, I need the paper book