Do you prefer E Book or Paper Book

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Re: Do you prefer E Book or Paper Book

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Paperbooks definitely. I enjoy the smell of old and new books. However, when am in a crowd, i read ebooks to avoid people borrowing my novels and then losing them later or damaging them by holding them badly or pouring food particles on them. It's so annoying by the way when people dont take care of the novels you give them!
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While ebooks are way easier to carry around I do have a thing for turning the pages of a paper book. It's a norm when reading and something I miss when reading online.
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Both. Books because I love holding a book and collecting them. But, with a lack of space, I have to say ebooks too. But one bad thing I find about ebooks is I delete them, so I spend money on the book then delete it, which I don't do with a paper book unless I choose to donate it to charity.
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I prefer paper books, but I've gotten used to read e-books in the past years. They are not the same, but are cheaper and easier to carry. Now a days, I feel pretty guilty buying physical books when the digital version is available.
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When I'm home, I prefer paper book. However, I mostly turn to ebook as it is convinient for me to read wherever I am when I have the itch to read.
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These two forms of books have advantages and disadvantages however E-books are different you can also carried more books on the kindle in electronic form and when travelling with these books it much easier for persons. They are not bulky like the paperbacks books. However you can only download these ebooks on your kindle ,androaid phone or tablet. I prefer the paperbacks books to the ebooks . I always enjoyed immensely reading my paperback book.
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I prefer paper books too. I love physically turning the pages of a book and the colour of the paper. I've read ebooks and pdf books but the experience isn't as enjoyable.
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I think I'll always prefer physical books! Ebooks can be nice when it's dark, but they're still finicky and simply not the same.
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Paper books! The sensation is just different and plus, I know it is healthier for my eyes to read on paper rather than on a device.
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I prefer the E-book. They are convenient. You can read them anywhere, with either a laptop, a PC, a smartphone, or reading devices. The software isn't hard to find either. Google has almost everything you need nowadays.
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Definitely paper since you can read a paperback book a lot longer than an E-book without your eyes hurting.
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I prefer paper books. However, with E-books, there are a lot of books that are now accessible to me that normally wouldn't be. I enjoy reading from both but sometimes it puts strain on my eyes to read E-books.
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I missed the tech revolution, and have been reading proper books since childhood. I just feel more comfortable with one in my hand.
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Paper, always paper. The felling of touching the paper, pass page, even the smell is something so satisfying that can’t be compare with the digital experience
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Paper book for multiple reasons. One being in the off chance the internet went out and technology was wiped out, I would still have my precious paper books. And second being that I really like the feeling of flipping the pages and having something physical in front of me. Third being that it's a reason for me to get away from technology if it's on paper.
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