Oh people who are all nobby about books

[LordPalmerston]

"Oh I love a real book". "I can see how much ice got left". Oh fgs ebooks are way better one handed reading. Easy storage. Easy to buy and HUGE FONT option for when you've forgotten your glasses or are drunk

Why do people go into mini orgasm about paper ?

Is it "knobby" ?

(Disclaimer yes none of business. Don't plan on going out all day. Etc etc)

I've never had any-sized orgasm over paper

I like my kindle, I like books

I find books so primitive now.
"Oh! You can't make the font big!" And you knew me

"And you knew me "?! Dunno what I was typing then

I hate the smell of paper so love my kindle can never understand people who say "but you're missing out on the smell of a real book".

And the germs. And snot trails. Ew.

Hey. I'm turning into a mn germ obsessive. ;)

I like both and think they have their places

I like books. I do not like to read on a kindles or an iPad.

They keep me in a job for the next year

i love reading and havent got into kindle mainly because i cant afford to buy one but i dont get all snobby about prefering a real paper book thats just my preference, and love looking round the brilliant second hand book shop we have where i live, dont think looking at a website for a new download would feel the same as discovering an old victorian or 1920s interesting book to read

Ah well, I love the smell of paper.

But also love that I can take 1book/day on holiday without breaking my back.

It also bugs me that you cannot 'lend' books on eReaders to others tbh.

*kindle

I can read a book one handed

I don't wear glasses so I don't need HUGE FONT

And I love the smell of books so ner

The germs keep your immune system trained up and are a Good Thing

I don't like people who're knobby about Kindles.

I like reading books in the bath and would break a kindle with the water. For that reason I like paper books.

Yes. I get the lending thing. Def.
I wish amazon would do a thing where you can give an ebook virtually and the recipient can't open it till the date concerned.

Weirdly though I don't like kids books on kindles I like to see their books. I confuse myself sometimes.

And it is a pain in the arse making notes on kindle I'd you are studying.

I thought that re baths. Then wondered when I last dropped a book on a bath. Answer = never

Agree re studying. Yes. That's true. I buy academic books in paper but would read them at a desk.

I have dropped plenty of books in the bath.

I prefer to buy books because they're cheaper and I can resell them on amazon when I've read them.

If a book has no re sale value and is cheaper on kindle then I get the kindle version

I never thought i'd grow to love my kindle but I do. I've now got no books left (bar odd study book) and lots more space. Never thought about the germ aspect though, although they would only be our germs and the packers at amazom

I have both but prefer print media. The graphic design, the choice of font, the design of the book and its printing. So many talented people would be put out of work if books didn't exist. Look at the Little Toller nature writing imprint. How could an EBook ever compete? Or the gorgeous Persephone editions?

And you cannot lend out EBooks. I lend out so many of my books to a few reliable people who return them. You don't even legally own an EBook (nor leave it to somebody in your will).

I find my Kindle hurts the side of my hand where I grasp it after a couple of hours. I also accidentally catch the flip page button and find it more hassle to nip back several pages (or half a chapter) to recap.

I tend to fill my Kindle with the daily deals and free classics. Or I load books that I can read in a couple of hours flat- thrillers/crime novels and won't ever want to read again or store as a book.