I miss the days when I could just pick up a printed #book and start #reading. At present I have usually to scratch around for my #reading #spectacles; then I have to locate my #reading light. Once all of these 'measures' have been taken, I can start to #read the #book. Usually by this time my initial enthusiasm for #reading has greatly dissipated.
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@TammyGentzel @bookstodon I just do not get the same #reading experience with #Ebooks as I do with printed books. Perhaps I am just too old fashioned but thank you for the suggestion.
@bibliolater @bookstodon I absolutely agree. I donโt like it. But I like to read and I have trouble with most printed books now, soโฆ.
@bibliolater @TammyGentzel @bookstodon I am the opposite. Canโt read a hardcover book anymore. Love ebooks
@ChrisCPS @bibliolater @TammyGentzel I'm the same, much prefer ebooks, so if my wife recommends a treeware book, first thing I do is check whether it's on Overdrive courtesy of the public library.
That said, I'm not a fan of ebooks except on an e-ink device. For me that's a Kobo e-reader.
Also, I mainly read novels; for non-fiction with lots of illustrations and flicking back and forth, I'd still go with treeware.
@JohnDA @bibliolater @TammyGentzel if I have nonfiction will use the iPad. Best thing that happened to spouse and myself was being able to read on iPhones at night in bed on dark mode. Both of us read in bed to get to sleep, no disturbing the other person now
@TammyGentzel @bibliolater @bookstodon
I go to the local book store and smell the books, see the covers, the most of the time they don't have the book that I want, so I finish getting it in my beloved Kindle. But the physical book still have an emotional impact on me. And always got a voice in the back of my head saying "That book is for you!".
@Lenin @TammyGentzel @bibliolater @bookstodon
Oh heck yes, so right! Sigh, second hand book shops are the best... If I ever finish unboxing my library/book collection from moving house its what my house might start to smell like! ๐
@TammyGentzel @bibliolater @bookstodon
I get you! I bought an iPad Air a couple of years ago specifically to use an eReader with a large screen - 27 months later still haven't read a single book on it!
@bibliolater @bookstodon
I must confess: the combination of a new reading glasses and a Kindle has been a big change. I thought I was lazy, just chew 24% of physical books. It took me three days to read The Wager, by David Grann on a Kindle. Even when I love the weight and the smell of the physical books, The Kindle has been a very good experience. Probably I don't have the proper light-space-table or chair to enjoy a physical book, the Kindle Screen solve the problem.
@Lenin @bibliolater @bookstodon another big bonus for me was being able to lie in bed and read without my glasses by making the text big when I need, as well of course of having millions of books in my pocket when travelling, no need for half a suitcase of physical books for a long trip
@peet @bibliolater @bookstodon and... when the book is not , and will never be at your reach. You don't need to wait for the thing to be put into a plane and on a truck and the delivery...20 seconds or less bam!
And you can write a couple of chapters for free just to know if the book is for you.
@Lenin @bibliolater @bookstodon I should mention other E-readers are available lol, I am not a fan of Amazon and am moving to 3rd party reader apps on my phone
@peet @Lenin @bibliolater @bookstodon I love ereaders! It does make reading so much easier, for me especially reading at night in bed. I ditched my Kindle for a Nook a few years ago because I also hate Amazon, but am about to get an Onyxboox where you can use any ereader platform including library apps. https://onyxboox.com/
@bibliolater @bookstodon On that note, I will share though I think ereading sucks, it solves all those problems and I can start reading when I feel like it. So thatโs what I do.