E-Readers (Kindle/Kobo etc)

I used to be 100% against e-readers, preferring the feel, look & physicality of a real book (like many people, I love going to friends' houses & browsing through their bookshelves), but I have to say, I've been converted...

95% of my reading is for pure pleasure, escapism & entertainment & I do find the convenience of a Kindle (my e-reader of choice) to be a boon. Even though I always buy books by my favorite authors as and when they appear, for those inbetween times when I just want to read for the sake of it, I enjoy looking through the Kindle Store on Amazon for new (to me) authors with good reviews at a cheap price - most recent discovery, 'The Mariner' by Ade Grant; fantastic book - yes, I know, sometimes the proof-reading on transcription can leave a little to be desired, but for £0.70, where's the downside?

So, are you a 100% e-reader or like me, a mostly-e-reader, or like I used to be, utterly against the things?

I still use to read from paper. I use a screen or my mrs's i-pad for reading internet pages. But that doesn't mean I regard e-readers as evil bloody things because the degree of evil is determined by the content, not by the device.

Never!!!!

Padraic wrote: For example, Jim, as you're a fellow fan:  I read the entirety of the Song of Fire and Ice series on my tablet.

Ah, now that's a series of books I will continue to buy in their physical form

Finnforest wrote: ...the Kindle is one device which is actually worth owning imo. Easy on the eyes, and...

...also makes it a lot easier of a weekend morning to read whilst eatng a bacon sandwich

Truth be told, I really like audiobooks.  I don't particularly like reading, either via paper or electronic doo dad.  I can never get comfortable and it makes my neck sore.  But being able to shut your eyes and read while lying down, or read while you sit in traffic, now THAT's my kind of reading.   I've always had more of an audio aesthetic rather than visual anyway.

As for the poll, though, I still prefer "real" books to electronic.  Though I've really only tried one e-book, and it wasn't bad.  Not on a Kindle, but on my Samsung Galaxy tablet, which I'm not that nuts about.


Edited by HolyMoly - February 12 2013 at 14:03

I have had an iPad for the last two years.

I have never read an ebook on it.

I have read dozens of physical books in the last two years. And bought even more.

Just as with music and cds, I'm an dinosaur. A dinosaur I am and a dinosaur I'll die. I prefer my physical books and cds. I hate having all the things I like hidden in a hard drive.

I too have the Kindle app on my iPad, but much prefer the Kindle itself; althoough it is a good app for iPad, Samsung tablets etc, I find the gloss screen a bit of a pain - the Kindle has a matt non-reflective screen which I find easier on the eye for prolonged reading.

Man With Hat wrote: I still don't like the idea of paying for what are essentially computer files so I doubt I'll jump on this craze but I have nothing against them. Of course, I'm also at least 10 years behind technology so perhaps my interest will be piqued at a later date.

This is the only place I come to where that word isn't spelled and accepted as "peaked."

I use a Kindle for reading on the Tube. It's great for paperbacks that I would normally buy, read, take up space on a bookshelf somewhere and then donate to the charity shop.

Nice bass in the avatar Angelo.