The Comfort of a Good Book
E-books or physical books? An electronic reader or a physical book? These are the debates raging in the literary world. For me, I like both e-books and physical books, although in my opinion nothing will ever beat holding a book, smelling the pages and turning the pages. I don’t have an electronic reader although I do read e-books. For comfort reasons I prefer the physical book because I like curling up on the sofa with my book – far more comfortable than my computer chair! The other problem with e-books is having the stare at a computer screen for ages to read them. I don’t mind this much, as at work I spend my time staring at screens, but sometimes a break for my eyes and head would be nice!
I love a good book, I love reading on the sofa and I hope physical books stay around for a long, long time.
Another opinion can be found HERE.
What is your view? E-book or physical book?
I totally understand what you are saying! I just wrote about the same thing last week: http://booksaroundtheworld.wordpress.com/2010/10/17/e-readers/
In my opinion, e-readers are a nice addition for traveling but once I am at home I definitely love real paper books! It’s the whole experience that matters! Even having them on the shelf after reading them…
But why don’t have both? Do I have to decide for one?