I find ebooks hard with nonfiction content. I can roughly remember where something physically is in a book if i need to go back and refresh a background item but in an ebook i have no idea how many "pages" back i need to go to find it.
@mobilesyrup that requires me to know that something will be important so yes sometimes that works. When i read "too big to fail" i often didn't know how critical something was in advance and got various names confused so i was going back and forth a lot and found it frustrating. If its more of a textbook it is easier to use highlights
I agree. I couldn't use my Kindle for studying at all. I couldn't put a note on a wee bookmark like I could in a paper book. Also, it took me years to work out how to stop other peoples' highlights appearing. Why on earth would I want to know how many people had highlighted something?
Years ago, I got a Sony eReader and had a field day on project Gutenberg. Saw the opportunity to get text from some of my favorite authors that, for some reason, were not readily available in print. Downloaded "All Around the Moon" by Jules Verne. Didn't even know there was a sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon". The first book was one of my favorites and I was excited to read the sequel. As I finished reading it, the reason I never found it in print became all to clear. Just because an author is great doesn't mean everything they write is also great. Alas, my eReader is long gone. Don't remember if I gave it away, threw it away, or will someday find it in some box in my basement. But still have countless books filling dozens of shelves in my house. Personally, I don't think physical books will ever go away. There's just so much more to them than a digital file. Then again, I also routinely write letters and postcards to people with real paper and actual stamps... so my opinion may be dated.
I love e-readers, but I still bounce between books and digital. It's more comfortable and convenient to read on an e-reader, especially at night. Despite that, there's something comforting about the physical experience. If there's a book that I'm really excited about, I'll still purchase the hardcover. Plus, there's nothing like wandering a book store to pick out your next read. That experience can't be replaced.
I want to use more ebooks, but borrowing ebooks from the library makes it really expensive for the library system because of the publisher's pricing system. I don't buy a lot of ebooks - not being able to lend them to friends makes books the preferred format, esp when the cost isn't significantly lower for e-versions.
Definitely team real book. I got a kindle and used it for a short time then I forgot about it. I have gotten into audiobooks more. It has opened me to books that I would not have thought to read on paper. What drew me to them is my love to hear someone read while I imagine the scene. Plus they don't take up any physical space.
Audiobooks have taken off over the last few years, so you're definitely not alone! I even find myself going back to listen to my favourite books to see how different they feel as an audiobook, and I usually find it to be a great way to revisit them. Any audiobooks you'd recommend? - Chris (Mobilesyrup writer/editor)
I definitely prefer holding a "real" book in my hands. I think there is a spatial (as well as tactile) thing about actual physical books that feels more satisfying for many. However, I am looking at e readers because I find that fonts in paper books seem to be getting smaller and fainter, i.e. cheaper! I can still see small print as, ironically, I've actually become pretty shortsighted over the years, but reading is more of a strain. Regardless, I still think that worsening print quality, not just my eyesight, is a factor. Of course changing eyesight is likely a factor for the trend with seniors that you note.
I'm generally someone who enjoys physical books. I got a Kindle for my birthday about a decade ago, and I found it was good for genre fiction - the kind of trashy stuff I wouldn't care about re-reading. However, if I find something I really love and re-read on my Kindle, I'll usually seek out a physical version. I think the reason books didn't go the way of music or movies is because the book is a physical object in itself, whereas for other media, the revolution was in the delivery system, not the object.
I'm exactly the same way when it comes to how I collect books. I do most of my reading these days on my e-reader, but if it's a book I love, I'll always pick up the physical version. There's something about holding the object and actively engaging with it. You aren't just putting a disc in--the page layouts and the experience of flipping the pages is part of the experience.
Great info. Please stop the background music in your videos. Especially straight informational ones like this. It’s hard for many of us to listen to. Thanks!
I honestly love having physical copies. I use them as decor in my apartment, lol. Manga is the number one genre that I read, and it doesn't work so well on e-Readers in my experience.
Would never read a screen over a book for a multitude of reasons but I would probably stop reading altogether newspapers the same thing. My wife has $5000 of erasers every brand and type that’s available for the most part and they collect dust in her drawer while she reads the paperback for almost every book she pays for on the silly devices. Plus I don’t get the same emotional reaction from the readers as I do books. Books you can tell how far you’ve gotten you can “feel” when your getting close to the end which stirs up feelings and emotions specially when a book is really good and you can’t wait to finish it but you don’t want it to end. That being said I also refuse to go paperless with bills newspapers books my own work so I’m definitely a paper guy but it’s for a reason not for being old school or technically inept. My 22 bookshelves overflowing with books could maybe be downsized by an ereader a bit which my wife may actually like but nope I’ll stick to paper and print. 1 solar flair and your million book ereader is garbage but my book they will stand the test of time.
I'll read digital books. But prefer a good old book. I mustn't go into a second hand bookstore with money in my pocket. I'll leave with a ton of book and empty pockets. lol. A physical book. You own outright, no danger of someone deleting your book or closing the site down. Doesn't need batteries to operate. And can loan it to a friend to read. If no longer wanted it can be sold or given away. And nothing beats been able to curl up with a book under the blankets on a cold day.
Ereaders are great. Light and compact and you can change the size of the type when your eyes are bad. And having instant access to a dictionary on an ebook reader is great.
please give me an advice. i-m searching for the perfect e-reader for books, B/W, (not manga or comics) it must have good battery life (at least 1500mAh), decent CPU, 1 GB RAM, not less than 32 GB storage (ok, if other aspects are all perfect, i-ll accept 16GB) 7 to 8" screen, 300 dpi, E Carta 1200. Is the PocketBook Era so bad at contrast, lighting ? Some reviews are saying that Era/Inkpad 4 have lag ?!? Is the Kobo Libra 2 snappy enough with PDFs, EPUB, DOC(X), MOBI, with the single core CPU ? Are PDFs, DOCX and MOBI supported on Kindle Paperwhite (SE) (11th Generation) 2021 ? I have quite big PDFs, above 100MB (software manuals)
It’s pretty fascinating. I owned a really early Sony ereader. And now read a lot on kindle devices and apps. Still love my paper copies of books though.
For me i mostly use ebooks now, because i have limited mobility due to my disability. I like the fact i can zoom in and change font sizes, that said i do like the feel of physical books and graphic novels. Just harder for me too read.
I personally find that some types of books work best in paper. Anything with charts or step by step instructions and photos that you need to see in detail. Stuff that is basically just text work best in digital. So I buy accordingly. And sometimes the physical book is cheaper. Price matters when you read many books. Also a physical book can be sold to recoup some of the price, but a digital you can't.
That's a great point. There have been several books that I've read that just wouldn't work in a digital format. "S" by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams comes to mind because it has writing all over the margins. Another one would be "Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey" because it constantly uses footnotes and images to help illustrate points. And as you said, secondhand books are a staple of the market.
I’ve been doing some light research lately, i’m still debating on switching over to a Kindle. I can only imagine how easier it’s going to be when I pack up to move out!
Moving is the worst and books are some of the heaviest items! I can totally relate to that. If you made the switch, would you keep some of your favourites, or would it be an all-or-nothing approach?
That's a really interesting point. Do you think if digital books were significantly cheaper that people would make the switch? Or is there still a major hurdle to overcome in terms of preferences and experience?
@@mobilesyrup I think there would still be hurdles to preference. But e-book did almost destroy the market for mass market paperback form factor when Kindles became popular. (By far the not the first e-ink reader, but the first to combine e-books with seamless transfer from purchase to device.) But between publishers colluding with themselves and apple to force keeping e-book prices artificially high, and Amazon competing with Adobe to fragment standardization, that momentum was brought to a grinding halt.
E-readers have come a long way since then. They cost less than half as much, have *much* better resolution, and have much easier to navigate interface. If Kindles and Sony readers were taking readers by storm with their 2012 devices, how is it that momentum has come to a complete halt now?
I find ebooks hard with nonfiction content. I can roughly remember where something physically is in a book if i need to go back and refresh a background item but in an ebook i have no idea how many "pages" back i need to go to find it.
That's a good point, but what about the abiliaty to highlight and save text in e-books?
@mobilesyrup that requires me to know that something will be important so yes sometimes that works. When i read "too big to fail" i often didn't know how critical something was in advance and got various names confused so i was going back and forth a lot and found it frustrating. If its more of a textbook it is easier to use highlights
I agree. I couldn't use my Kindle for studying at all. I couldn't put a note on a wee bookmark like I could in a paper book.
Also, it took me years to work out how to stop other peoples' highlights appearing. Why on earth would I want to know how many people had highlighted something?
Years ago, I got a Sony eReader and had a field day on project Gutenberg. Saw the opportunity to get text from some of my favorite authors that, for some reason, were not readily available in print. Downloaded "All Around the Moon" by Jules Verne. Didn't even know there was a sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon". The first book was one of my favorites and I was excited to read the sequel. As I finished reading it, the reason I never found it in print became all to clear. Just because an author is great doesn't mean everything they write is also great.
Alas, my eReader is long gone. Don't remember if I gave it away, threw it away, or will someday find it in some box in my basement. But still have countless books filling dozens of shelves in my house.
Personally, I don't think physical books will ever go away. There's just so much more to them than a digital file. Then again, I also routinely write letters and postcards to people with real paper and actual stamps... so my opinion may be dated.
Great story! Those are solid pros and cons for both ways to consume books
I love e-readers, but I still bounce between books and digital. It's more comfortable and convenient to read on an e-reader, especially at night. Despite that, there's something comforting about the physical experience. If there's a book that I'm really excited about, I'll still purchase the hardcover.
Plus, there's nothing like wandering a book store to pick out your next read. That experience can't be replaced.
I want to use more ebooks, but borrowing ebooks from the library makes it really expensive for the library system because of the publisher's pricing system. I don't buy a lot of ebooks - not being able to lend them to friends makes books the preferred format, esp when the cost isn't significantly lower for e-versions.
Definitely team real book. I got a kindle and used it for a short time then I forgot about it. I have gotten into audiobooks more. It has opened me to books that I would not have thought to read on paper. What drew me to them is my love to hear someone read while I imagine the scene. Plus they don't take up any physical space.
Audiobooks have taken off over the last few years, so you're definitely not alone! I even find myself going back to listen to my favourite books to see how different they feel as an audiobook, and I usually find it to be a great way to revisit them. Any audiobooks you'd recommend? - Chris (Mobilesyrup writer/editor)
I definitely prefer holding a "real" book in my hands. I think there is a spatial (as well as tactile) thing about actual physical books that feels more satisfying for many. However, I am looking at e readers because I find that fonts in paper books seem to be getting smaller and fainter, i.e. cheaper! I can still see small print as, ironically, I've actually become pretty shortsighted over the years, but reading is more of a strain. Regardless, I still think that worsening print quality, not just my eyesight, is a factor. Of course changing eyesight is likely a factor for the trend with seniors that you note.
I'm generally someone who enjoys physical books. I got a Kindle for my birthday about a decade ago, and I found it was good for genre fiction - the kind of trashy stuff I wouldn't care about re-reading. However, if I find something I really love and re-read on my Kindle, I'll usually seek out a physical version.
I think the reason books didn't go the way of music or movies is because the book is a physical object in itself, whereas for other media, the revolution was in the delivery system, not the object.
I'm exactly the same way when it comes to how I collect books. I do most of my reading these days on my e-reader, but if it's a book I love, I'll always pick up the physical version. There's something about holding the object and actively engaging with it. You aren't just putting a disc in--the page layouts and the experience of flipping the pages is part of the experience.
Great info. Please stop the background music in your videos. Especially straight informational ones like this. It’s hard for many of us to listen to. Thanks!
I honestly love having physical copies. I use them as decor in my apartment, lol. Manga is the number one genre that I read, and it doesn't work so well on e-Readers in my experience.
Would never read a screen over a book for a multitude of reasons but I would probably stop reading altogether newspapers the same thing. My wife has $5000 of erasers every brand and type that’s available for the most part and they collect dust in her drawer while she reads the paperback for almost every book she pays for on the silly devices.
Plus I don’t get the same emotional reaction from the readers as I do books. Books you can tell how far you’ve gotten you can “feel” when your getting close to the end which stirs up feelings and emotions specially when a book is really good and you can’t wait to finish it but you don’t want it to end. That being said I also refuse to go paperless with bills newspapers books my own work so I’m definitely a paper guy but it’s for a reason not for being old school or technically inept. My 22 bookshelves overflowing with books could maybe be downsized by an ereader a bit which my wife may actually like but nope I’ll stick to paper and print. 1 solar flair and your million book ereader is garbage but my book they will stand the test of time.
I'll read digital books. But prefer a good old book. I mustn't go into a second hand bookstore with money in my pocket. I'll leave with a ton of book and empty pockets. lol. A physical book. You own outright, no danger of someone deleting your book or closing the site down. Doesn't need batteries to operate. And can loan it to a friend to read. If no longer wanted it can be sold or given away. And nothing beats been able to curl up with a book under the blankets on a cold day.
My eyes hurt after looking at screens all day.
Ereaders are great. Light and compact and you can change the size of the type when your eyes are bad. And having instant access to a dictionary on an ebook reader is great.
please give me an advice.
i-m searching for the perfect e-reader for books, B/W, (not manga or comics)
it must have good battery life (at least 1500mAh),
decent CPU, 1 GB RAM, not less than 32 GB storage (ok, if other aspects are all perfect, i-ll accept 16GB)
7 to 8" screen, 300 dpi, E Carta 1200.
Is the PocketBook Era so bad at contrast, lighting ? Some reviews are saying that Era/Inkpad 4 have lag ?!?
Is the Kobo Libra 2 snappy enough with PDFs, EPUB, DOC(X), MOBI, with the single core CPU ?
Are PDFs, DOCX and MOBI supported on Kindle Paperwhite (SE) (11th Generation) 2021 ? I have quite big PDFs, above 100MB (software manuals)
It’s pretty fascinating. I owned a really early Sony ereader. And now read a lot on kindle devices and apps. Still love my paper copies of books though.
For me i mostly use ebooks now, because i have limited mobility due to my disability.
I like the fact i can zoom in and change font sizes, that said i do like the feel of physical books and graphic novels.
Just harder for me too read.
I personally find that some types of books work best in paper. Anything with charts or step by step instructions and photos that you need to see in detail. Stuff that is basically just text work best in digital. So I buy accordingly. And sometimes the physical book is cheaper. Price matters when you read many books. Also a physical book can be sold to recoup some of the price, but a digital you can't.
That's a great point. There have been several books that I've read that just wouldn't work in a digital format. "S" by Doug Dorst and J.J. Abrams comes to mind because it has writing all over the margins. Another one would be "Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey" because it constantly uses footnotes and images to help illustrate points. And as you said, secondhand books are a staple of the market.
What do you prefer to read on - an E-reader, book or a tablet?
Personally, I would rather read on an E-reader. I find the "pages" on a tablet are just too glossy for comfort.
I’ve been doing some light research lately, i’m still debating on switching over to a Kindle. I can only imagine how easier it’s going to be when I pack up to move out!
Moving is the worst and books are some of the heaviest items! I can totally relate to that. If you made the switch, would you keep some of your favourites, or would it be an all-or-nothing approach?
I've long switched to using e-readers when reading. I can't stand carrying around a bulky book and turning pages.
The glasses look neat, but will they work for someone who is visually impaired? You didn't address braille with eBooks.
That's a great point. How would braille work with eBooks? We might need to follow up with that one. Thanks for the callout!
As much as I’ve wanted to love e-readers I still find myself with books often because they’re lendable
I like my Harry Potter in books ,but on trips, I listen to Audiobooks.
The reason e-books did not kill books is because publishers worked *really* hard to force e-book prices up so they are no longer cost efficient.
That's a really interesting point. Do you think if digital books were significantly cheaper that people would make the switch? Or is there still a major hurdle to overcome in terms of preferences and experience?
@@mobilesyrup I think there would still be hurdles to preference. But e-book did almost destroy the market for mass market paperback form factor when Kindles became popular. (By far the not the first e-ink reader, but the first to combine e-books with seamless transfer from purchase to device.) But between publishers colluding with themselves and apple to force keeping e-book prices artificially high, and Amazon competing with Adobe to fragment standardization, that momentum was brought to a grinding halt.
E-readers have come a long way since then. They cost less than half as much, have *much* better resolution, and have much easier to navigate interface. If Kindles and Sony readers were taking readers by storm with their 2012 devices, how is it that momentum has come to a complete halt now?