To have too many E-readers

Love my kindle. But still also buy and read actual book - for some reason more so in darker months when it just feels cosier to sit with an actual book.

i also like to try and recycle so a charity shop book which can then be passed on to others feels better somehow!

America allow you to use kindle with library loans. There are a few libraries in America that allow out of state membership for about $50 a year. If you sign up as a member then you can upload library e-books from them onto your kindle.

I have an extensive collection of books and will always add to that, but I own a kindle and have the kindle app on my phone. I found it so much easier for reading while the children were babies and I was doing the night feeds. I also find it more convenient for holidays.

Yeah, me too. I do still prefer paper books for photo-heavy art and craft books, or for references (though with the Internet, I rarely use reference books now). For fiction, digital all the way.

I don't like that Amazon no longer allows you to download your ebooks to your computer. (Or at least I heard that they were stopping that, but I haven't checked into it since then.) For that reason and a couple others (primarily annoying syncing issues that remove non-Amazon-purchased books when I connect to wifi), I'd rather have a Kobo, but my current Kindle is nearly new and should last years to come. With sales and trade-ins, it was just too good a deal to pass up, but next time...

ETA: I did briefly consider jailbreaking my Kindle to get past the irritation syncing thing, but I never went through with it. I don't have to connect to wifi very often, so it hasn't annoyed me enough (yet) to do anything drastic.

I have a 7in Amazon Fire tablet. Kindle books, and can also borrow library books. I like having the option to download a sample of a Kindle book to see if I'll like it.

New fiction I wait until there's a 99p offer.

Nonfiction in my own field I still like to buy hardback books, though.

I have a Kobo and borrow lots of books from the library.

I tend to have a few books on the go at one time and I find it harder to keep track of them on e-readers because I don't always see the covers. I find myself getting stories muddled up. I never have that with a physical book because the cover picture is right there.

I upgraded to a colour Kobo recently and the cover pictures are better. Because they're coloured obviously:)

So I have 2 e-readers. I should ditch the black and white one. I don't need 2.

Love my Kindle! I used to have Kobos, WH Smith used to sell them but then they had none in stock (or so it seemed) for ages. I really loved the Kobo Mini, it was only about £30 and as it was only 5 inches, it fitted well into the smallest of bags. If they re-launched that I’d definitely get one, even though I also have a kindle.

I bought a Kindle years ago and promised my partner that I'd stop buying books because I wouldn't need to.

That didn't last long.

I love having physical books all around me and can't resist a good mooch in a bookshop.
I take my Kindle as an emergency back up if I'm travelling but rarely actually use it.

But I am a convert to audio books. I love them if I'm doing something like gardening where I can't actually hold a book and I do like listening to an audio book when I'm in bed, especially if I'm too tired to read.

I have a kindle but mostly read on my iPad and phone. What I love most is being able to pick up the same book on these different devices so I’ll be reading something at home then can carry on with it on my phone on the train or whatever. Being able to increase the fonts on any of the devices also works well with my fading eyesight!

You don’t pay VAT on ebooks any more (changed in 2020). Unless it’s changed again.
With ebooks publishers are allowed to set the prices themselves, whereas with physical books I don’t think it’s allowed. Not all publishers do this but the big ones I’m certain do. There used to be a tag on Amazon saying Price set by publisher.
I imagine they want to keep it similar to physical books - apparently a bog standard paperback is fairly cheap to print (I read somewhere 50p) - but the work that goes into a book before printing is the same whichever way you read it. I do understand the perceived value of ebooks is lower and I definitely think sometimes new releases are priced way too high.

You still cant beat browsing in a bookshop, I could do that for hours

I've found some great new authors buying £1 books, it also means you've not wasted your money if you dont like it

Thats fair enough but surely that's offset by the production, delivery costs etc

I've got a Kindle which is great for travelling and holidays. But I still prefer a physical book

Yep, I actually collect a certain genere of hard copy books (and read them).

But for my every day reading it's my kindle all the way! So much easier & cheaper. I can even have books in other languages within seconds.... can't beat it!

I always fob my old ones off on dh - to be fair he asks for them. I currently use an iPad mini because I read at night and like by background dark dark black and I can’t get that with e ink.

I have a Kindle 3, Kindle Voyage, Kobo Mini, Kobo Clara Colour and a Pocketbook.

You don't have too many ereaders 😄

(I don't buy Kindle ebooks anymore because of the restriction on letting you download and transfer via USB. That's why I got the Clara.)

I love real books and I've got shelves full of the things. But these days I read way more on my kindle paperwhite than I do off a page. It's just so convenient and the screen is delightful. I hate that I'm putting even more money into Bezos's yacht collection but it's soooo good.

It doesn't fully explain it, but I believe you don't pay VAT on paper books but you do on eBooks.

I have a Kobo and it's absolutely brilliant. Paid for itself multiple times due to borrowing from the library. And clicky buttons to turn the pages! So much better than a swipe.

Love my kindle but do still love the feel of an actual book, we went to Jane Austen's house last month and bought nice copies of all 6 of her books.
What does piss me off though is when a book on kindle is the same price or even more than the actual book. How can that be?