• SpaceScotsman@startrek.website
    2·
    2 days ago

    I think I am starting to lean towards ebooks for the convenience when reading novels and prosey nonfiction.

    However for reference books a physical thing is easier to flip through, and for anything with illustrations, physical still has better quality.

  • WereCat@lemmy.world
    9·
    7 days ago

    I don’t really care but it’s significantly more convenient to use eBook, especially if you’re not reading at home.

  • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info
    7·
    7 days ago

    Ebooks, because I can pirate that way (Kobo Clara BW). That way I can also take a light e-book reader for traveling and not read it instead of taking a heavier book and not read it.

    I’ve been reducing my small paper book collection.

    • E-mailing my library and asking if they are interested in any and they picked up four (still can’t believe they didn’t want “Algeria: France’s Undeclared War” wtf)
    • Putting them up on a local auction site (if they aren’t already oversaturated with copies of what I have)
    • For the ones where there are already many copies on the auction sites, I donate them to my library’s “give away a book” shelf, where other librarygoers just take them. Apparently the books disappear pretty quickly
  • Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    Paper 100%. It’s just a better reading experience for me. I can flip around more easily. I enjoy how it feels in my hand.

  • dresden@discuss.onlineMEnglish
    6·
    7 days ago

    I prefer paper books, don’t care about the smell, but it’s just the tactical feel of paper book vs ebook.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 days ago

    A lot of the paper books I own are not available as ebooks, but I do find that I actually read ebooks much more readily.

  • AWizard_ATrueStar@lemmy.world
    1·
    5 days ago

    Both. I have a Kobo for when I am on the go and physical books for when I am chilling at home. I usually have a different book going for each case.

  • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    They both have their pros and cons. Epubs are easy to acquire and carry, and easy to read, since the display is customizable. But a physical book is nice to have away from home, so I don’t have to spend too much battery on reading. And it’s nice to admire some covers in person.

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
    15·
    7 days ago

    I see ebooks and paper in much the same way I see streaming music and vinyl.

    I love my vinyl collection. I love the feeling of putting on a record, the old school analogue nature of it. There’s a kind of ritual in dropping the needle.

    But I can’t bring vinyl in the car or on a plane.

    I love paper books, but they’re not always the most practical thing. So ebooks are often a better solution. Which is better is really situational.

    Personally, as someone who has published, a couldn’t care less what medium someone uses to enjoy my novel. Ebook, paper, audiobook; the words are the same, and the words are what matter. How those words are delivered is not important.

    • phanto@lemmy.ca
      7·
      7 days ago

      I would like to enjoy your novel in the form of a series of people slowly walking by me, each with a single sentence of your book tattooed on their back. Chapter headings tattooed on the side of a horse, so I can quickly glance down the street and know how soon the chapter will be ending.

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        7 days ago

        Not gonna lie, if someone actually arranged that, it would be the raddest thing that had happened in the history of the universe, and I would immediately question their sanity for picking my book to indelibly ink on a bunch of human bodies, instead of many far better options.