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

 

[TXchickmum]

No. I only read paper (non-fiction, biography, autobiography; information reader, only. - read to learn, not for entertainment. - can’t stand fiction )

 

[MROO]

Nope. Not only do I relish the feel of an actual book in my hands, but I retain what I've read much better. That's not just me. The brain simply doesn't retain the information as well when it's only read electronically. It has to do with multiple sensory input. I wish I could remember a couple of those studies, but hey, I read them digitally online, so they didn't "stick."

 

[5Australorpasaures]

Books, no electronic devise.