Do you buy physical books or use a reader ? (or both

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Started to get back into reading. I bought a used Kobo Clara HD and installed Koreader. Not sure why I haven't done this sooner. Also been using Calibre to organize my books.
 
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I use a reader for the numerous advantages that the format provides (bookmarking, reading percentages, font and color changes, even text-to-speech). I simply cannot go back to physical after that.
 
I use a reader for the numerous advantages that the format provides (bookmarking, reading percentages, font and color changes, even text-to-speech). I simply cannot go back to physical after that.
Same, and the fact you can carry multiple books on single device. I also did a memory card switch and upgraded my device from 8GB to 64GB. For manga/comics, I just been using an old android tablet for now.
 
I've been trying to get into reading again thanks to my wife who has been a big reader recently. I am more on the physical book side even though I do have few on my tablet also, just haven't gotten used to the digital way yet myself. Wife goes smoothly between both. Maybe I'm just stubborn with the physicals!
 
Both.

Have a lot of epubs on my tablet, mostly Light Novels, those are a pain in the ass and expensive af if you want the whole series physical. I also keep a lot of pdfs for lots of research subjects, which has been a habit since college.

I do prefer physical books, the feel and smell of paper is quite soothing, and when technology fails as it always does, I still have a whole library to read.
 
I use both depends if the book is cheap I will buy otherwise I use reader to track down hard to come books
 
Thinking about attempting to build one of these opensource book readers, once the motherboards come back in stock. Looking for repairable devices.

Also PDF's can be funky on a reader. MUPDF reader has been my go to on Android platforms.
 

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I got into reading this year and used an old ipad for the most part but recently just started going to my local library and reading wtv the librarians recommend. I used to be an avid manga collector but after moving so many times I started to really hate lugging around a collection that I had zero intention of reading a second time. so I sold most of them for ps2 games lol
 
Both. I prefer physical books, but since I don't live in a mansion, there's only so much space I can fill. Some books are too expensive, too, and the cheaper alternative editions often have such tiny font sizes that I get headaches trying to read them.
It's a different story when it comes to comic books, manga, graphic novels, and the like. Those I read physically almost exclusively, then I either gift them to friends or try to resell them at a lower price to help offset the cost.
 
Both, but I prefer physical books and natural light cus myopia :p
The same! Though, for me, it's because of a series of head injuries I've had over the years, which left me sensitive to bright lights, among other things. Printed text is much, much easier on my eyes than any sort of screen, though some of the simpler, low-contrast Kindle types of readers are perfectly acceptable, as well.

Myself, I still buy Role Playing books, and greatly prefer a hard copy whenever possible. But these days, many are only available as digital copies. I use a Print On Demand option whenever possible. For those that I must get digitally, we have a prehistoric iPad (Mini 2, I think??) that still works well enough and gets decent battery life. It is now, more or less, exclusively used as a PDF tome.

Not to mention the fact that many older, out-of-print RPG books can fetch a pretty penny on the secondhand market. That's where PDF scans from fansites come in very, very handy ;->
 
i only buy books i REALLY like (eg fear and loathing ;)
 
I used to read physical but it's simply too convenient to read epubs on my phone nowadays.
 
I do both. I like to own me books but it's not convenient to read physical books for many reasons. I would rather use my smartphone to read them everywhere and only in my home I read me physical books.

However for me physical books will always matter the most and it explains partly why:


lolol
 
I do both. I like to own me books but it's not convenient to read physical books for many reasons. I would rather use my smartphone to read them everywhere and only in my home I read me physical books.

However for me physical books will always matter the most and it explains partly why:


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I don't read books, but I do read other kind of things such as magazines, guides, documentation or instruction booklets. I always prefer physical, of course, but sometimes it is not possible.

What I would want to buy is a digital notebook with e-ink, I mean for my work I write tons of things on paper because I don't like having my to-do's on the computer screen, and I would want to have something like that but digitally so I can stop having papers all over the place lol. I don't need color, just gray with basic features like a notebook, but I don't seem to find one cheap :(
 
Neither, I use the library.
 

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