For me e-reader got me hooked on reading. Physical books always feel cumbersome to lug arround and I often read in places with dim light, so a backlight helps a lot. I also like the space saving, I don't have the room to present my books.
An e-reader definitely got me back into the reading habit a decade ago, but now I just love physical books and I'll always pick them if I can. Nice to see you commenting again, my man!
Lack of space is definitely why I had to think long and hard about which books I actually wanted because I had to downsize my physical library. I recently got a couple of books (they're vintage, so no e-book versions of them), and while they're thin, I now have to sit down and see where I can put them 😅
One thing we should build over our lifetime is a personal library. It's a time capsule of our life's intellectual journey. To me, building a digital library is possible but nowhere near as satisfying.
@@keithparker1346 Each to their own. I'm perhaps more old school. I'm 50. I love paper books. I love traditional bookshops. I find I can underline and scribble notes on the pages of real books. And I feel I can more easily remember and find books that I want to re-read or refer to when they're sitting on a shelf. I find a crammed bookcase beautiful to look at, too. It's like stamps in your passport - proof of your journey. That's just me, though. Just read, right?
@@keithparker1346if technology crashes or during a blackout those of us with books will have sources of entertainment that’s what I think about. I also love just looking at my books 📚 ❤ they are all over my house.
A physical library just isn’t in the cards for me. Just don’t have the space. Used to collect books and my wife worked in a stationery store so she bought me tons of books with her employee discount. I got books as birthday presents, Christmas presents and anniversary presents. I finally told her to stop. I didn’t have the room any more. And any book that I really wanted to read was in our local library. On my kindle I have around a thousand books. Doesn’t take up any physical space at all. One of the main reasons that I’ve preferred reading on kindle as opposed to printed books is because of my eyesight. Right now I’m reading the Song of Ice and Fire series. On printed books, I would need a large print version of the books. Can you imagine just how big a large print book of an 1100 page book would be? But, on my kindle, I can adjust the font size to whatever is comfortable for me.
Three reasons I love reading physical books: 1. The feeling of paper 2. The sound of turning the page 3. THE SMELL!(yes I am one of those weirdos who sniff books)
For me, the feeling of the paper is such a big deal! It helps transport me into a story. Like the book is a portal. With an eReader i don't get the same immersion
Is Kindle easier on the eyes? I'm 49 and my eyesight decreases every year. Everytime I go to the optometrist, my eye prescription drops another number. Doctor said it's from so much reading and screen time. I'm thinking of starting audiobooks now but this is very strange for me as I have only used physical books up to this point.
@@Hansel783i am not a professional on this whatsoever but i do feel like my eyes tend to tire slower when i read on my e reader (compared to reading physical books or on my phone). the fact that it has a built-in light also helps avoid straining your eyes while reading in dim light.
Brighter light means smaller pupils which is better for close vision. With age, our lenses get stiffer and stiffer and we all become less able to adjust focus. This causes different issues depending on if you started longsighted or shortsighted or "normal". I find specific reading glasses for books and others for computers better than varifocals (and I tried the very very top end of that market here in Germany. €1300 ! Individual detailed eye scans and all).
Why I read from Kindle only: 1. For me most books have way too small font to read comfortably 2. I hate holding paper books 3. My Kindle fits perfectly into my jacket's pocket 4. I can take many books with me wherever I go -> reading multiple books at the same time 5. Capability of reading books without night table light and waking up my wife 6. Usually lighter than a physical book 7. I never take notes, I guess my memory is good enough 8. Ebooks are usually cheaper and paper versions 9. I read better on my Kindle compared to paper book as paper book lines are in arch and not straight Why I would read a paper book: 1. If someone gives it as a gift, but also then I rather search it up as ebook and read with my Kindle
@@JoelSnape1 well, I don’t see a difference between reading paper book or ebook in that regard. I remember text that I am interested in. But having straight text helps me read better.
I read both ebooks and physical books. As you said, reading on a phone or tablet exposes you to loads of distraction. But I read ebooks on my Kindle Paperwhite, which offers no distractions at all. I do use the built-in dictionary, encyclopedia and translation function on the Kindle, but I don’t highlight - i keep a physical notebook and pen to take notes with, and my notes will often contain the page numbers of pages I want to go back to. This works like your post-its. I read a lot in other languages, and the ability to create a vocabulary database and automatically generate flash-cards is also a plus for the Kindle. I will echo what other commenters have said about the weight, form factor, ease of carrying around, ability to change font sizes, and back-light are also real pluses for the Kindle.
I think both are great. I prefer Kindle for big books because they are uncomfortable to hold and paper books for small books because I like to write over my books and they are beautiful 😅. Love them both❤
Sometimes if you see somebody reading a physical book in public or the book is on their shelf it can spark a conversation that might not have happened otherwise. It’s not possible to know what somebody is reading if they are just staring at their Kindle or phone. Ultimately reading is a solitary experience, but a book can also trigger a serendipitous encounter with a stranger or spark a conversation between friends. I’ve discovered many great books this way and I also love sharing my thoughts on my reading with others.
With respect to the “memory” aspect - I’m a very spatial thinker and when I recall sections I think of where on a page it was (L/R, top/bottom), which makes it easier to re-find later and also I think contributes to my remembering better than on a kindle!
In about 2011 I switched completely to an e reader and thought of getting rid of my physical books - glad I got over that phase! Nothing like turning a page, underlining sentences, writing notes in the margin. Nothing like curating a collection of books that mean the world to me, which I can view on my bookcase any time I am in the room, and be filled with good feelings. There is nothing at all like browsing in the library, or a used bookstore for some treasure I hadn't heard of a million times on social media!
One of the most important arguments that is pro e-reader and not always mentioned is the sheer number of books that are available for free in many languages (e.g. most classics are free and available as epubs or you could even convert something like a wikipedia article into an epub). And reading from a website on a desktop computer is extremely shitty compared to reading from a nice e-ink device. Plus, many dictionaries are available for kindle or in stardict format which mean you can easily look up words (not just in foreign languages but in your native language too, you don't know all the words even as a native and it's easy to ignore important but unknown words). And sharing DRM free epubs is way way way easier than sharing physical books, although I understand and agree that it's not the same. That being said, I prefer physical books as well for books that are easy to find and buy.
These are good points, and I definitely agree about looking words up - one of my rules these days is that if I'm not sure I know the meaning of something I look it up straight away rather than telling myself I'll get it at some point. Thanks for the comment!
I couldn't agree more with the "remember more" section, whenever I read an ebook it feels like everything I've just read has fade away from my mind, it's a waste of time for me. And there's nothing like the feeling of seeing a full bookshelf and going back to books you read a long time ago just to see what you wrote there and remember the feeling.
I prefer an e-reader for several reasons, but a big advantage is that it is much easier to check out and return e-books to the public library, especially if you live in a rural area.
I find varying my reading style helps me accommodate my disability. Physical books can make my eyes strain and make me more fatigued, but I enjoy it and find it more relaxing. Audiobooks make it easier for me to focus and multitask but occasionally my ears just turn off and don’t process anything and I have to rewind. And ebooks are great when library options aren’t available and I am saving money, but definitely mess with my sleeping issues. If I know what mood I’m in that day, I can pick the type of reading that works best for me. I love to collect my favorites in physical form though!
I have a friend with arthritis, and she loves her kindle for its lightness. In her case, it's the physical weight that makes the kindle a better choice.
As a disabled person I find a small tablet with stylus and options for screen adjustments for i.e. 11" or less is rather handy esp for pdfs. I really like the convenience the e-ink kindle. But for storage physical book can be a bit cumbersome. The brilliant thing about the tech side is you can keep a huge library with you and thousands of old classic are now free. But you as you say always have the option of curating your favourites or important books (eps for grid down scenarios) as your physical book collection. I still like, prefer even, to use physical notebooks. Overall the options to mix and match is great.
I love my kindle, and I read on it daily, but when it’s a book that is a reference book or something I want to keep permanently for my personal library (cook books, gardening books, Gone With the Wind, The Pillars of the Earth, Lord of the Rings etc) then I will keep a physical copy. I prefer physical copies of reference books because it’s easier for me to flip through a physical book for some obscure detail.
For me :fiction on my kobo, non fiction physical book (or audiobook). I used to struggle a bit with non fiction coz I'd want to make notes but not while i was trying to read. Recently i started using a blank piece of paper as my bookmark and just noting down the pages to come back to. Eg: quote on page 17. Then when I'm finished the book i can flick through the book and make notes in my journal from the relevant parts.
Read more books on Kindle because of Kindle unlimited. Where else can you afford to read 30 to 50 books on a single subject. Brilliant! Got to give it to Amazon for this contribution. But have so much highlighted that it's a pain to ever find anything to refer back to. So much easier just to take the 8" Fire tablet with me now. So much easier for me to see with the larger reading surface. Have several Fire tablets but it was 9 months before I remembered to turn one on again. Being a bit ADHD, I have to have whatever I need to be working on in plain sight. When I was studying, I had all 60 books stacked where I could see them for the entire day. Impossible to forget when you see them every time you look up from the laptop. Learned to stay within the confines of what worked for me instead of doing something you I couldn't maintain through a book on organizing. Have used this method ever since. Thank you.
I have been a kindle reader for a year or so now, due to travelling around Australia and not being able to take a stack of books with me. I do really miss having the physical copy of a book in my hands, and when I was kindly gifted one recently I found I was more likely to pick up the book and read it than I had been likely to pick up my kindle. Now I am settled in a more permanent location, I think I will go back to physical copies of books, and save the kindle for when I am travelling. Great video, mate!
I would say, as someone who prefers physical books, that there are free-to-download books which I could never dream of being able to find in a physical form, and from that perspective, the e-readers are excellent.
i love physical books, i've always been 100% for them. I've also been considering getting a kindle for years because of the convenience. i really enjoy reading on my kindle app, and i think I'm much faster reading that way, plus i like seeing the percentages of how much I've read and how much is left of the book. but i don't think i could ever give up my compulsion to hoard physical books, and there's just something especially cosy about reading from a physical book instead of a screen. so i think for me, I'll probably settle somewhere in the middle. I'll get a kindle and use it for travel since it's much easier than lugging around physical copies. i'll buy both the ebook and physical copies of books i like (so if i bought it on kindle first i'll go out and get the physical copy, and if i bought the physical copy first i'll buy the ebook too so i'll always have it when I'm out and about in case i want to re-read), that way i can better support the author too. :) i think people who refuse one or the other are missing out. i see having both options as a win-win for sure. 👌
I find the most enjoyment I have is going to a different library a few times a month in addition to reading on my kindle. You never know what you're going to find and that's fun for me. A mixture of both physical and kindle seems to be working in addition to being more open with my TBR.
I totally agree. I never got a Kindle, but have tried reading books on a computer or phone, but just can't get into reading that way. It's too easy to get distracted and tap 'New Tab' and do something else. I also love looking at my books--don't have much space for them, but the ones I keep are a memory capsule.
I would like to know if the research considered the difference between e-readers (e-ink display and no distractions) and computers/tablets/smartphones (led display and a lot of distractions). Also, you can still “dog mark” pages (flag) on e-book and copy quotes/make notes, both digitally or physically.
Reading books on my phone makes my eyes feel tired very quickly. When I read on paper it often takes 100 pages or even more until my eyes get tired - in other words, I will never get tired during a regular reading session with a physical book
I have limited space and budget. I can rent ebooks from my library to my e reader and save buying physical books for special occasions (my favorite books, things I know I will reread etc.) Before I got an e reader, just so many little inconveniences would stop me from reading.
I completely agree with your views of physical books. I learn best from kinetic reading...the physical act of opening a book, touching the pages, and turning them as I read. I even connect with the smell of them. I underline and annotate important ideas and tab sections. It is how I learn best.
Main reason I read on e-reader is the accessibility. I live in Brasil, and A LOT of books I'm interested in reading are not translated yet, and I don't even know if they will. Of course there's the option to ship the books from abroad, but then it coasts like, half a monthly wage, and it takes months to arrive. Or, I can simply buy the e-Book at a reasonable price and read it right away.
For some reason I focus WAY better on my kindle. Maybe bc the font is bigger and the other words on the page don’t distract me. I also don’t see the amount of pages I have left. Because of this is read WAY faster on my kindle. I also LOVE laying in bed comfortably to read. I do however have a big physical library. There’s something so magical about owning the physical books. (I’ll often end up reading my physical books on my kindle though)
I think this is a good approach. I don't like those people that say "ebook are not real books", because in the end the content is still there, and I think it's just snob behaviour. My dad has been a librarian his whole life and he likes ebooks because he can increase the size of the words now that he's old and has sight issues. That said, I mainly read on paper and I agree that I feel like understanding better the book when I read it on a physical copy. Now that I live abroad in a country I don't speak the local language of, I struggle to find physical books (book in english are much more expensive and I can't find book in my native language or a little selection in the library) so every time I go home half of my luggage is books. I could easily buy an e-reader but I just prefer this way.
I've always found that reading on a screen makes what I read easier to remember. Also, I never DNF'd a book in my life before I had a Kindle. Even if I hated the book, I would finish it. I use my Kindle for genre fiction, and I do like being able to change the font size. I don't see any value in reading more quickly. And I would never read a book on my phone!
I ran out of space in my room for physical books, hence why I now use my kindle and audiobook more. If I read a physical book now it's either borrowed or a gift from someone because I literally would have to start stacking them on the floor to keep collecting more.
You're so right about the quote part. By highlighting quotes on a kindle, it's done immediately. But by making of note of quotes I like, and going back in order to get them down, I experience the quote twice, I digest it twice, etc
I start all my books on my kindle and if I really like it I buy the phyical copy. I highlight on my kindle and then every 100ish pages I go into the book with really pretty tabs and I take my time underlining it in the book with a ruler and a pen. I don't like stopping and underlining when I#m reading because it really interrupts my flow. I also read lying down and I hate hate hate holding books up, over my head, or switching sides every page. So, I read on my kindle and the "chosen ones" get a physical space on my bookshelf, I love flipping through the pages and re-reading the pages that really made me feel something.
OMG - Gombrich’s The Story of Art was a textbook in a college Humanities class 30 years ago! Blast from the past that I still own. I’ve started buying and reading more physical books the last few years as well.
I have a harder time reading on a kindle. I prefer paper but I often just, let's say find a way to get books on my kindle and if I like it buy it and read it after a bit. It saves me some money. I never really wanted a kindle but got one for Christmas about 4 years ago. It comes handy when I need to read study papers on the go though
Another reason why I prefer physical is that I want to cultivate a love of reading in my toddler. I don't think he can distinguish between "mom is staring at her phone scrolling social media VS mom is reading an ebook", but he definitely knows when I'm reading a physical book. He sat with me while I read him the first 5 Harry Potter books outloud!
Yes, this is a great point! I do this as well (didn't mention it in the video because IDK how interested people are in my parenting advice) - my boy *kind* of likes reading when he finds a good book, and I definitely want to show him that it's something his dad does too...
I enjoy physical books. I have a Kobo, with a lot of great books on it to read. Instead I read library books with a great selection and free. A lot of the time the librarian talks about the books or suggests books. I also love Audible Books. Great video.
When I first started reading digitally, I found I didn't retain info as well, but that's no longer an issue. And I rarely read on my phone, but mostly on my kindle. I do love physical books, and feel like there's a connection with the physical object you just don't get electronically... BUT being able to adjust the font size and brightness is huge for me. And I also have chronic pain that makes holding a book challenging. I often end up going back and forth between the digital and physical version of a book.
I normally use ebooks to get out of a reading slump or to motivate me to read my main books. I like reading books which are on the darker side so I use ebooks to read the books I normally wouldn’t buy/a bit more lighthearted (romance, ya, and ya fantasy, or ones I’m just hesitant on). They’re also the books I don’t annotate too heavily so I have no problem with simple highlighting and small comments with ebooks.
I find it easier with an e-reader. I don’t have space or money for physical books. And they’re heavier to carry. And also I dont like the feeling of paper in my hands some times (autistic things). I prefer paper for writing
Many good points and I agree with them. The thing is that ebooks are often cheaper so if you're on a budget or you don't want to spend 1000$ on book every year not knowing if you'll like them or not, ebooks will make you save a lot of money. At the end of the day, what matter is to actually read!
This is interesting. I used to read so many books as a teenager and throughout my twenties. I do get distracted more now and this is the reason I got the kindle. I do love my kindle but I understand what you mean. For me there are too many books at once. It’s like carrying around a library and i am finding that I’m switching between books midway.
Pros & cons of physical books and digital books (atleast for me): Physical books: authentic. It always feels good when I hold a physical book compared to digital. It's less stressful for eyes. Easy to track pages. But it takes lots pf spaces and is hard to carry alot of physical books at once. I always take good care of my books that it looks exactly like new ones even after finishing reading. And to keep the book like new one isn't easy. I always open the book at 45° angle so that there won't leave any mark of book folds. And this is really hard reading especially when I'm reading for hours. So physical books need more time and attention span for me. Digital books: easy to carry. Take less time to read. Cheaper than the physical books. Don't take actual spaces. And stay with you forever even after ages (unless you delete after reading). Have inbuilt dictionary which is really a big plus point. But even though I use Kindle, it's still painful for my eyes especially when I'm reading for long hours. And it's hard to track pages.
Reading physical books is almost free if you hit the library or thrift stores. I've picked up 7 new books at thrift stores or used book stores this last month for about $5.
I looked at the same studies, the meta analysis is flawed because: the vast, vast majority of people are trained how to tread physical books, yet not even encouraged to read audiobooks or ebooks. The studies show that physical (like paper vs tablets) retention in learning can help. that can be done by taking physical notes from an ebook, or use the audiobook app to make notes, or keep a common place notebook. I say this is both based on the science = if we were to begin giving our kids the choice of all three formats - then maybe we could make an argument on which is best? Until then we have a bias to books ;) I saw this in the Bank and at school. I have always used audiobook when available, ebooks (being in Canada) have been a godsend. I can tell you my retention is as good, or even better than my cohorts in school and at the bank. Was I great day one? No, but neither are we when we begin to read. I find this discussion funny as none seen to see the ineradicable bias in education towards one format, and yet assume that is natural.
I agree and I love that people that push physical books forget about disability. Depression, anxiety, physical disabilities, etc. Then, oral stories are apart of human history. Reading independently is massively recent to human history. Its ok to read physically or on ebook OR audio OR graphic novels! Whatever helps you get the essence of the story is the best way 📕💖
I agree with you however, i download free books from the internet, because books are a lot of expensive and in this way i can save a lot of money. I prefer a thousand times reading a physical book (the smell, the touch, the experience) but it costs less reading on a phone/tablet/kindle.
I'm that weirdo that enjoys and buys both, though I can't stand that an e-book is often licensed and not owned, I take that into consideration. Also reading Consider Phlebas, no spoilers please :D
i don't know man, at this point in time physical books just feel dirty, maybe the print quality dropped along these years but everytime i leaf through a physical book i need to wash my hands because the ink and stuff is on my hands, not that my hands are actually inky or something but it needs washing all the same. Now there are books that demand a more spacious representation than most readers will allow to get a fuller picture like a textbook or a manual or a more concept rich book. Sometimes it will benefit your reading if you could constantly leaf back and forth between some concepts etc. But a paperbook also won't do justice to this reading technique. So hardcovers are expensive too. It's complicated.
You can get Frixon high lighters that you can use in your book or pens that use to under line text but it depends on the paper in the book you can use tabs or flags as well.
I prefer Reading Books rather than on E-Books. Ah yes, I did look through comment and mostly people prefer e-books. But I can't really focus. I prefer physically reading books because I had a hard time, Focusing. Like its the same experience with the pandemic covid where I have to study online, i was struggling really bad, my grade went so bad and fail. I can't focus. Everyone has their own way to read books as long as we read and enjoy that just it.
I love the feeling of physical books, especially when I‘m annotating while reading, but since I have a chronic pain issue in my wrists I got an E-Reader and enjoy using it just as much - but I still need to read some books in their physical form if I can, it just depends! :)
Yes, this is exactly how I feel. I see ebooks and audio books in the same vain- convenient and great sometimes but not as satisfying as a physical book.
I’m visually impaired and the Kindle allows me to read. Not only can I enlarge the font, but in order for me to read a physical book I have to hold it very close to my face and that hurts my arms after a while. The Kindle is lightweight and makes it possible for me to hold it up.
As someone with a visual impairment who doesn't know how to read braille, I never got taught because my sight isn't bad enough, audiobooks are amazing and my only way that I can enjoy reading
Glad you've found a way to enjoy reading, Ellie - any audiobook recommendations? (I loved Werner Herzog's recent audiobook because he reads it himself)
I don't know, but I can never hang onto a digital book. Having a physical copy reminding me every day about its existence makes it much more likely for me to read it and actually comprehend it easily. Most people say it is a waste of money, but come on for literature?!
Personally i get more distracted when i read physical book. I recently got a kindle and read my first book on it that i need for school and i finished it in just a few days. I'm sure this wouldn't happened if this was a physical book.
I deliberately avoid smart phones and only use the cheapest flip phone I can find. I've also eschewed e-readers, favoring printed books and periodicals. But now I am seriously considering getting a basic Kindle. The reason: establishments with waiting areas, like auto repair shops, barber shops, and doctor's/dentist's offices have largely ceased stocking reading materials to peruse while you wait. Such places often had extensive varieties of periodicals piled about. They realized most people prefer to amuse themselves with their phones while waiting and decided to eliminate the expense of magazine subscriptions. This will probably be the only way I'll use an e-reader, but for me it is a big concession. It is tough to resist the prevailing culture.
I have a Nook (barnes and nobel's brand) and I love the back light. Its different than a phone/tablet screen because the lights on the ereaders face down (like a book light on a page) instead of at the reader. Phones and tables have the lights facing you directly, which is what causes the strain. I chose an ereader that also have a warm/cool option because I am so sensitive to blue light, so that can be an option for you as well. Warm light on an ereader still feels like you are reading text on paper instead of a "white" phone. I hope that helped!
That's great as long as you CAN read physical books; I have the body of a stroke survivor and the eyes of a diabetic, however, so they're not always, or even often, an option for me. Obviously there's bound to be some books you can only adequately consume in physical form, especially if they rely heavily on illustrations, but if we're dealing with something that's just plain text like an ordinary novel then I'm going to take the electronic option. The point you make about shareability is pretty much the only one that I wouldn't dispute from my own experience.
I always hated e-books, but since in my country not even 1% are translated or even in stores i downloaded a e-book and audiobook platform. Although im first to vouch for physical books in this time where i don't really have the money or place to buy books just using a free trial is amazing
I have a book in my library that has a little flip book animation of a starship exploding on the top corner and you don’t get that same thing on electronic copy
thank you for your video joel. i got really jealous with your bookstores in your country. Here in Vietnam, there're few truly genuinely valuable bookstore. in my city, there're, like, 4 of 'em. and about 70-80% of 'em are self-help books, textbooks, mangas and romcom light novels, which really put me off when trying to find a book to read. that's why, for me rn, kindle is a more practical option, though i much much prefer physical books and always hope to place a big bookshelf full of books in my room
I’m sorry, but for me personally I don’t get joy from holding a book. I prefer being able to have them all digitally. Also eBooks are way easier to share. Only yesterday my sister and I were talking and she recommended a book to me. She apologised for not being able to lend me her copy as she was visiting from out of town and it was at home. Also I could never write in a book or especially dog ear a page, so the digital notes in the book bring me immense joy.
I gave eBooks a try several years ago because there was one book I wanted that was only available as an eBook. I bought the book and read it and then went on to read a couple of others....but it was just very unsatisfying. This was a Kobo reader. Ergonomically it was fairly comfortable but it just wasn't for me. As for notes, what I do is to write brackets around the section I want to take a note on and then in the endpages of the book write down the page number and associated note there.
It's this one, my man (though as other commenters have noted, it's a small effect and there may be confounding factors) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9817.12269
I read romance or whatever book I don’t want to be caught in public with on my ereader and I also read physical books cause physical books just hits diff. I like reading using both
I own a Kobo Clara HD, and it makes me feel like I'm not wasting money when I don't like what I'm reading. I read all my downloaded e-books to the end, and then I decide if I want to have a physical copy of it, so I end up buying books I really really liked, and stop hoarding books that I just bought for whatever reasons and that I ended up not liking!
Hope you (& your viewers) will appreciate that some of us have eyesight challenges & therefore, find Kindle easier. Also that in some countries digital books are cheaper than paper books. ($$$ are important for some of us).
What i hate about ebooks is that you can't share or resell them. I recently discovered a whole new world of borrowing and swapping stuff with my friends and now how am i supposed to do that. 😭 (but we found a way to share ebooks to 👀)
The sharing thing is very curious, when people share me a physical book or game, im pretty much 90% sure i will read/play it. When people just send me a link i will very much likely ignore it, and forget about it some minutes later. There's some kind of subliminal vet with physical media, someone buy this thing i took the time and effort to bring it to me, so maybe deep in my mind im thinking its more likely to be good.
I can reference bible scripture better when I read the physical book verses e-reading, or audio bible. In those cases I would have to relay on typing the bit I do remember into google.
Idk I feel like I read way faster on my kindle. When I read physical books I’m more likely to lose where I am on the page, and I kind of just want to put it away. I’m more likely to pick up and read an ebook instead of a physical book. 🤷
I would love to read more real books, but age and dry eye means that it's a lot easier to read e books because they are brighter. I have a biggish colour Boox which isn't good for much except reading and scribbling. But even so I can't read as much as I used to. :-(.
In my country books are so expensive and an english book, untranslated can cost close to a thousand liras which is crazy. I can download the pdf of whatever i wanna read for free if it's available. Digital makes reading accessible when money is an issue, sadly.
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For me e-reader got me hooked on reading.
Physical books always feel cumbersome to lug arround and I often read in places with dim light, so a backlight helps a lot.
I also like the space saving, I don't have the room to present my books.
An e-reader definitely got me back into the reading habit a decade ago, but now I just love physical books and I'll always pick them if I can. Nice to see you commenting again, my man!
I was hooked on reading for decades before e-readers, but I'm with you. They'll have to pry my Kindle from my cold, dead hands.
yep and I don’t have the money for all the physical books I want to read. e reading is my fav
Lack of space is definitely why I had to think long and hard about which books I actually wanted because I had to downsize my physical library.
I recently got a couple of books (they're vintage, so no e-book versions of them), and while they're thin, I now have to sit down and see where I can put them 😅
Ever since they added a backlight to the kindle, it has been really hard to read physical books since most of my pleasure reading is in bed.
One thing we should build over our lifetime is a personal library. It's a time capsule of our life's intellectual journey. To me, building a digital library is possible but nowhere near as satisfying.
Why not? I've read far more e books than physical books. Explain what you get out of having a collection of physical books
@@keithparker1346 Each to their own. I'm perhaps more old school. I'm 50. I love paper books. I love traditional bookshops. I find I can underline and scribble notes on the pages of real books. And I feel I can more easily remember and find books that I want to re-read or refer to when they're sitting on a shelf. I find a crammed bookcase beautiful to look at, too. It's like stamps in your passport - proof of your journey. That's just me, though. Just read, right?
@@keithparker1346if technology crashes or during a blackout those of us with books will have sources of entertainment that’s what I think about. I also love just looking at my books 📚 ❤ they are all over my house.
A physical library just isn’t in the cards for me. Just don’t have the space. Used to collect books and my wife worked in a stationery store so she bought me tons of books with her employee discount. I got books as birthday presents, Christmas presents and anniversary presents. I finally told her to stop. I didn’t have the room any more. And any book that I really wanted to read was in our local library. On my kindle I have around a thousand books. Doesn’t take up any physical space at all.
One of the main reasons that I’ve preferred reading on kindle as opposed to printed books is because of my eyesight. Right now I’m reading the Song of Ice and Fire series. On printed books, I would need a large print version of the books. Can you imagine just how big a large print book of an 1100 page book would be? But, on my kindle, I can adjust the font size to whatever is comfortable for me.
@@DuckRon626 My bookshelf and my eyesight are both, similarly, strained!
Three reasons I love reading physical books:
1. The feeling of paper
2. The sound of turning the page
3. THE SMELL!(yes I am one of those weirdos who sniff books)
For me, the feeling of the paper is such a big deal! It helps transport me into a story. Like the book is a portal. With an eReader i don't get the same immersion
It’s just so much easier for me to see my kindle. I love physical books, but at 52 with not great eyes, it’s really helpful to use the kindle.
Yes try adjusting the font and font size of a dead tree book
Is Kindle easier on the eyes? I'm 49 and my eyesight decreases every year. Everytime I go to the optometrist, my eye prescription drops another number. Doctor said it's from so much reading and screen time. I'm thinking of starting audiobooks now but this is very strange for me as I have only used physical books up to this point.
@@Hansel783 I think the point is that font and font size can be adjusted in digital books
@@Hansel783i am not a professional on this whatsoever but i do feel like my eyes tend to tire slower when i read on my e reader (compared to reading physical books or on my phone). the fact that it has a built-in light also helps avoid straining your eyes while reading in dim light.
Brighter light means smaller pupils which is better for close vision.
With age, our lenses get stiffer and stiffer and we all become less able to adjust focus. This causes different issues depending on if you started longsighted or shortsighted or "normal".
I find specific reading glasses for books and others for computers better than varifocals (and I tried the very very top end of that market here in Germany. €1300 ! Individual detailed eye scans and all).
The main advantages of an ereader for me are the built in dictionary, built in light, and the ability to change the font size.
plus easy transportation !
Why I read from Kindle only:
1. For me most books have way too small font to read comfortably
2. I hate holding paper books
3. My Kindle fits perfectly into my jacket's pocket
4. I can take many books with me wherever I go -> reading multiple books at the same time
5. Capability of reading books without night table light and waking up my wife
6. Usually lighter than a physical book
7. I never take notes, I guess my memory is good enough
8. Ebooks are usually cheaper and paper versions
9. I read better on my Kindle compared to paper book as paper book lines are in arch and not straight
Why I would read a paper book:
1. If someone gives it as a gift, but also then I rather search it up as ebook and read with my Kindle
These are reasonable reasons! I prefer holding physical books, but everyone's different. Can I ask if you remember most stuff okay?
@@JoelSnape1 well, I don’t see a difference between reading paper book or ebook in that regard. I remember text that I am interested in. But having straight text helps me read better.
I bounce between ebook, physical, or audio. I agree with all your points
I read both ebooks and physical books. As you said, reading on a phone or tablet exposes you to loads of distraction. But I read ebooks on my Kindle Paperwhite, which offers no distractions at all. I do use the built-in dictionary, encyclopedia and translation function on the Kindle, but I don’t highlight - i keep a physical notebook and pen to take notes with, and my notes will often contain the page numbers of pages I want to go back to. This works like your post-its. I read a lot in other languages, and the ability to create a vocabulary database and automatically generate flash-cards is also a plus for the Kindle.
I will echo what other commenters have said about the weight, form factor, ease of carrying around, ability to change font sizes, and back-light are also real pluses for the Kindle.
I think both are great. I prefer Kindle for big books because they are uncomfortable to hold and paper books for small books because I like to write over my books and they are beautiful 😅. Love them both❤
Sometimes if you see somebody reading a physical book in public or the book is on their shelf it can spark a conversation that might not have happened otherwise. It’s not possible to know what somebody is reading if they are just staring at their Kindle or phone.
Ultimately reading is a solitary experience, but a book can also trigger a serendipitous encounter with a stranger or spark a conversation between friends.
I’ve discovered many great books this way and I also love sharing my thoughts on my reading with others.
With respect to the “memory” aspect - I’m a very spatial thinker and when I recall sections I think of where on a page it was (L/R, top/bottom), which makes it easier to re-find later and also I think contributes to my remembering better than on a kindle!
This happens to me too.
In about 2011 I switched completely to an e reader and thought of getting rid of my physical books - glad I got over that phase! Nothing like turning a page, underlining sentences, writing notes in the margin. Nothing like curating a collection of books that mean the world to me, which I can view on my bookcase any time I am in the room, and be filled with good feelings. There is nothing at all like browsing in the library, or a used bookstore for some treasure I hadn't heard of a million times on social media!
One of the most important arguments that is pro e-reader and not always mentioned is the sheer number of books that are available for free in many languages (e.g. most classics are free and available as epubs or you could even convert something like a wikipedia article into an epub). And reading from a website on a desktop computer is extremely shitty compared to reading from a nice e-ink device. Plus, many dictionaries are available for kindle or in stardict format which mean you can easily look up words (not just in foreign languages but in your native language too, you don't know all the words even as a native and it's easy to ignore important but unknown words). And sharing DRM free epubs is way way way easier than sharing physical books, although I understand and agree that it's not the same.
That being said, I prefer physical books as well for books that are easy to find and buy.
These are good points, and I definitely agree about looking words up - one of my rules these days is that if I'm not sure I know the meaning of something I look it up straight away rather than telling myself I'll get it at some point. Thanks for the comment!
I couldn't agree more with the "remember more" section, whenever I read an ebook it feels like everything I've just read has fade away from my mind, it's a waste of time for me. And there's nothing like the feeling of seeing a full bookshelf and going back to books you read a long time ago just to see what you wrote there and remember the feeling.
I prefer an e-reader for several reasons, but a big advantage is that it is much easier to check out and return e-books to the public library, especially if you live in a rural area.
I find varying my reading style helps me accommodate my disability. Physical books can make my eyes strain and make me more fatigued, but I enjoy it and find it more relaxing. Audiobooks make it easier for me to focus and multitask but occasionally my ears just turn off and don’t process anything and I have to rewind. And ebooks are great when library options aren’t available and I am saving money, but definitely mess with my sleeping issues. If I know what mood I’m in that day, I can pick the type of reading that works best for me. I love to collect my favorites in physical form though!
I have a friend with arthritis, and she loves her kindle for its lightness. In her case, it's the physical weight that makes the kindle a better choice.
@@Old_Scot I am currently reading dune and I swear that it has done so much damage on my wrists lol
As a disabled person I find a small tablet with stylus and options for screen adjustments for i.e. 11" or less is rather handy esp for pdfs. I really like the convenience the e-ink kindle.
But for storage physical book can be a bit cumbersome. The brilliant thing about the tech side is you can keep a huge library with you and thousands of old classic are now free.
But you as you say always have the option of curating your favourites or important books (eps for grid down scenarios) as your physical book collection.
I still like, prefer even, to use physical notebooks. Overall the options to mix and match is great.
I love my kindle, and I read on it daily, but when it’s a book that is a reference book or something I want to keep permanently for my personal library (cook books, gardening books, Gone With the Wind, The Pillars of the Earth, Lord of the Rings etc) then I will keep a physical copy.
I prefer physical copies of reference books because it’s easier for me to flip through a physical book for some obscure detail.
For me :fiction on my kobo, non fiction physical book (or audiobook).
I used to struggle a bit with non fiction coz I'd want to make notes but not while i was trying to read. Recently i started using a blank piece of paper as my bookmark and just noting down the pages to come back to. Eg: quote on page 17. Then when I'm finished the book i can flick through the book and make notes in my journal from the relevant parts.
Read more books on Kindle because of Kindle unlimited. Where else can you afford to read 30 to 50 books on a single subject. Brilliant! Got to give it to Amazon for this contribution. But have so much highlighted that it's a pain to ever find anything to refer back to. So much easier just to take the 8" Fire tablet with me now. So much easier for me to see with the larger reading surface. Have several Fire tablets but it was 9 months before I remembered to turn one on again. Being a bit ADHD, I have to have whatever I need to be working on in plain sight. When I was studying, I had all 60 books stacked where I could see them for the entire day. Impossible to forget when you see them every time you look up from the laptop. Learned to stay within the confines of what worked for me instead of doing something you I couldn't maintain through a book on organizing. Have used this method ever since. Thank you.
I have been a kindle reader for a year or so now, due to travelling around Australia and not being able to take a stack of books with me.
I do really miss having the physical copy of a book in my hands, and when I was kindly gifted one recently I found I was more likely to pick up the book and read it than I had been likely to pick up my kindle.
Now I am settled in a more permanent location, I think I will go back to physical copies of books, and save the kindle for when I am travelling.
Great video, mate!
I would say, as someone who prefers physical books, that there are free-to-download books which I could never dream of being able to find in a physical form, and from that perspective, the e-readers are excellent.
I really like how your videos are varied and you're clearly documenting your self improvement.
Thank you! Yep, I definitely don't have it all figured out, it's an ongoing process 😆
i love physical books, i've always been 100% for them. I've also been considering getting a kindle for years because of the convenience. i really enjoy reading on my kindle app, and i think I'm much faster reading that way, plus i like seeing the percentages of how much I've read and how much is left of the book. but i don't think i could ever give up my compulsion to hoard physical books, and there's just something especially cosy about reading from a physical book instead of a screen. so i think for me, I'll probably settle somewhere in the middle. I'll get a kindle and use it for travel since it's much easier than lugging around physical copies. i'll buy both the ebook and physical copies of books i like (so if i bought it on kindle first i'll go out and get the physical copy, and if i bought the physical copy first i'll buy the ebook too so i'll always have it when I'm out and about in case i want to re-read), that way i can better support the author too. :) i think people who refuse one or the other are missing out. i see having both options as a win-win for sure. 👌
I find the most enjoyment I have is going to a different library a few times a month in addition to reading on my kindle. You never know what you're going to find and that's fun for me. A mixture of both physical and kindle seems to be working in addition to being more open with my TBR.
I totally agree. I never got a Kindle, but have tried reading books on a computer or phone, but just can't get into reading that way. It's too easy to get distracted and tap 'New Tab' and do something else. I also love looking at my books--don't have much space for them, but the ones I keep are a memory capsule.
I would like to know if the research considered the difference between e-readers (e-ink display and no distractions) and computers/tablets/smartphones (led display and a lot of distractions).
Also, you can still “dog mark” pages (flag) on e-book and copy quotes/make notes, both digitally or physically.
Reading books on my phone makes my eyes feel tired very quickly. When I read on paper it often takes 100 pages or even more until my eyes get tired - in other words, I will never get tired during a regular reading session with a physical book
I buy paper books in Ukrainian. It supports the publishing here and makes my room look brighter with the nice row of books in the cabinet.
Nice! Yep, a brighter room is another benefit!
You posted this right before I was about to pick up my kindle and read haha. I love kindle sometimes but physical books just can’t be beaten
Truth!
I have limited space and budget. I can rent ebooks from my library to my e reader and save buying physical books for special occasions (my favorite books, things I know I will reread etc.) Before I got an e reader, just so many little inconveniences would stop me from reading.
I moved abroad and the English sections of the bookstore are quite small, understandably. Ebooks it is!
Enjoyable podcast. Thank you for making it entertaining with your changes of venue and props and of course, the well thought-out content.
I read novel in my second language and dictionary in kindle was a life saver for me
I completely agree with your views of physical books. I learn best from kinetic reading...the physical act of opening a book, touching the pages, and turning them as I read. I even connect with the smell of them. I underline and annotate important ideas and tab sections. It is how I learn best.
But what about books for entertainment?
Main reason I read on e-reader is the accessibility.
I live in Brasil, and A LOT of books I'm interested in reading are not translated yet, and I don't even know if they will.
Of course there's the option to ship the books from abroad, but then it coasts like, half a monthly wage, and it takes months to arrive.
Or, I can simply buy the e-Book at a reasonable price and read it right away.
Sorry, but my wrists and my thumbs greatly appreciate the kindle especially with those long classics. Not going back if I don't have to.
For some reason I focus WAY better on my kindle. Maybe bc the font is bigger and the other words on the page don’t distract me. I also don’t see the amount of pages I have left. Because of this is read WAY faster on my kindle. I also LOVE laying in bed comfortably to read.
I do however have a big physical library. There’s something so magical about owning the physical books. (I’ll often end up reading my physical books on my kindle though)
For me i use my kindle for fiction and buy physical books for non fiction or books i know I’ll want to read multiple times and annotate
I think this is a good approach. I don't like those people that say "ebook are not real books", because in the end the content is still there, and I think it's just snob behaviour. My dad has been a librarian his whole life and he likes ebooks because he can increase the size of the words now that he's old and has sight issues. That said, I mainly read on paper and I agree that I feel like understanding better the book when I read it on a physical copy. Now that I live abroad in a country I don't speak the local language of, I struggle to find physical books (book in english are much more expensive and I can't find book in my native language or a little selection in the library) so every time I go home half of my luggage is books. I could easily buy an e-reader but I just prefer this way.
I've always found that reading on a screen makes what I read easier to remember. Also, I never DNF'd a book in my life before I had a Kindle. Even if I hated the book, I would finish it. I use my Kindle for genre fiction, and I do like being able to change the font size. I don't see any value in reading more quickly. And I would never read a book on my phone!
I love that the add before this video was from audible. Consider me amused.
I ran out of space in my room for physical books, hence why I now use my kindle and audiobook more. If I read a physical book now it's either borrowed or a gift from someone because I literally would have to start stacking them on the floor to keep collecting more.
I have a kindle and I do use it but I’d choose a physical book over it any day!
There’s just something special about a physical book
You're so right about the quote part. By highlighting quotes on a kindle, it's done immediately. But by making of note of quotes I like, and going back in order to get them down, I experience the quote twice, I digest it twice, etc
I start all my books on my kindle and if I really like it I buy the phyical copy. I highlight on my kindle and then every 100ish pages I go into the book with really pretty tabs and I take my time underlining it in the book with a ruler and a pen. I don't like stopping and underlining when I#m reading because it really interrupts my flow. I also read lying down and I hate hate hate holding books up, over my head, or switching sides every page. So, I read on my kindle and the "chosen ones" get a physical space on my bookshelf, I love flipping through the pages and re-reading the pages that really made me feel something.
OMG - Gombrich’s The Story of Art was a textbook in a college Humanities class 30 years ago! Blast from the past that I still own. I’ve started buying and reading more physical books the last few years as well.
My eyes and I had a discussion a while back. They asked if I could read physical books since I looked at screens all day.
I have a harder time reading on a kindle. I prefer paper but I often just, let's say find a way to get books on my kindle and if I like it buy it and read it after a bit. It saves me some money. I never really wanted a kindle but got one for Christmas about 4 years ago. It comes handy when I need to read study papers on the go though
Another reason why I prefer physical is that I want to cultivate a love of reading in my toddler. I don't think he can distinguish between "mom is staring at her phone scrolling social media VS mom is reading an ebook", but he definitely knows when I'm reading a physical book. He sat with me while I read him the first 5 Harry Potter books outloud!
Yes, this is a great point! I do this as well (didn't mention it in the video because IDK how interested people are in my parenting advice) - my boy *kind* of likes reading when he finds a good book, and I definitely want to show him that it's something his dad does too...
I enjoy physical books. I have a Kobo, with a lot of great books on it to read. Instead I read library books with a great selection and free. A lot of the time the librarian talks about the books or suggests books. I also love Audible Books. Great video.
When I first started reading digitally, I found I didn't retain info as well, but that's no longer an issue. And I rarely read on my phone, but mostly on my kindle.
I do love physical books, and feel like there's a connection with the physical object you just don't get electronically... BUT being able to adjust the font size and brightness is huge for me. And I also have chronic pain that makes holding a book challenging.
I often end up going back and forth between the digital and physical version of a book.
I normally use ebooks to get out of a reading slump or to motivate me to read my main books. I like reading books which are on the darker side so I use ebooks to read the books I normally wouldn’t buy/a bit more lighthearted (romance, ya, and ya fantasy, or ones I’m just hesitant on). They’re also the books I don’t annotate too heavily so I have no problem with simple highlighting and small comments with ebooks.
I find it easier with an e-reader. I don’t have space or money for physical books. And they’re heavier to carry. And also I dont like the feeling of paper in my hands some times (autistic things). I prefer paper for writing
Many good points and I agree with them. The thing is that ebooks are often cheaper so if you're on a budget or you don't want to spend 1000$ on book every year not knowing if you'll like them or not, ebooks will make you save a lot of money. At the end of the day, what matter is to actually read!
This is interesting. I used to read so many books as a teenager and throughout my twenties.
I do get distracted more now and this is the reason I got the kindle.
I do love my kindle but I understand what you mean.
For me there are too many books at once. It’s like carrying around a library and i am finding that I’m switching between books midway.
Pros & cons of physical books and digital books (atleast for me):
Physical books: authentic. It always feels good when I hold a physical book compared to digital. It's less stressful for eyes. Easy to track pages.
But it takes lots pf spaces and is hard to carry alot of physical books at once. I always take good care of my books that it looks exactly like new ones even after finishing reading. And to keep the book like new one isn't easy. I always open the book at 45° angle so that there won't leave any mark of book folds. And this is really hard reading especially when I'm reading for hours. So physical books need more time and attention span for me.
Digital books: easy to carry. Take less time to read. Cheaper than the physical books. Don't take actual spaces. And stay with you forever even after ages (unless you delete after reading). Have inbuilt dictionary which is really a big plus point.
But even though I use Kindle, it's still painful for my eyes especially when I'm reading for long hours. And it's hard to track pages.
Reading physical books is almost free if you hit the library or thrift stores. I've picked up 7 new books at thrift stores or used book stores this last month for about $5.
They're getting more expensive in England - a Seth Godin cost me $4 the other day - but this is still a great point
I looked at the same studies, the meta analysis is flawed because: the vast, vast majority of people are trained how to tread physical books, yet not even encouraged to read audiobooks or ebooks. The studies show that physical (like paper vs tablets) retention in learning can help. that can be done by taking physical notes from an ebook, or use the audiobook app to make notes, or keep a common place notebook. I say this is both based on the science = if we were to begin giving our kids the choice of all three formats - then maybe we could make an argument on which is best? Until then we have a bias to books ;)
I saw this in the Bank and at school. I have always used audiobook when available, ebooks (being in Canada) have been a godsend. I can tell you my retention is as good, or even better than my cohorts in school and at the bank. Was I great day one? No, but neither are we when we begin to read. I find this discussion funny as none seen to see the ineradicable bias in education towards one format, and yet assume that is natural.
I agree and I love that people that push physical books forget about disability. Depression, anxiety, physical disabilities, etc. Then, oral stories are apart of human history. Reading independently is massively recent to human history. Its ok to read physically or on ebook OR audio OR graphic novels! Whatever helps you get the essence of the story is the best way 📕💖
I agree with you however, i download free books from the internet, because books are a lot of expensive and in this way i can save a lot of money.
I prefer a thousand times reading a physical book (the smell, the touch, the experience) but it costs less reading on a phone/tablet/kindle.
I'm that weirdo that enjoys and buys both, though I can't stand that an e-book is often licensed and not owned, I take that into consideration. Also reading Consider Phlebas, no spoilers please :D
Hope you enjoy it, Joseph! LMK what you think when you're done.
i don't know man, at this point in time physical books just feel dirty, maybe the print quality dropped along these years but everytime i leaf through a physical book i need to wash my hands because the ink and stuff is on my hands, not that my hands are actually inky or something but it needs washing all the same. Now there are books that demand a more spacious representation than most readers will allow to get a fuller picture like a textbook or a manual or a more concept rich book. Sometimes it will benefit your reading if you could constantly leaf back and forth between some concepts etc. But a paperbook also won't do justice to this reading technique. So hardcovers are expensive too. It's complicated.
You can get Frixon high lighters that you can use in your book or pens that use to under line text but it depends on the paper in the book you can use tabs or flags as well.
I prefer Reading Books rather than on E-Books. Ah yes, I did look through comment and mostly people prefer e-books.
But I can't really focus. I prefer physically reading books because I had a hard time, Focusing. Like its the same experience with the pandemic covid where I have to study online, i was struggling really bad, my grade went so bad and fail. I can't focus.
Everyone has their own way to read books as long as we read and enjoy that just it.
Agreed! Hope things have picked up now that regular classes are back
I love the feeling of physical books, especially when I‘m annotating while reading, but since I have a chronic pain issue in my wrists I got an E-Reader and enjoy using it just as much - but I still need to read some books in their physical form if I can, it just depends! :)
Yes, this is exactly how I feel. I see ebooks and audio books in the same vain- convenient and great sometimes but not as satisfying as a physical book.
I’m visually impaired and the Kindle allows me to read. Not only can I enlarge the font, but in order for me to read a physical book I have to hold it very close to my face and that hurts my arms after a while. The Kindle is lightweight and makes it possible for me to hold it up.
Thank you For this videos , I still Read physicals books
As someone with a visual impairment who doesn't know how to read braille, I never got taught because my sight isn't bad enough, audiobooks are amazing and my only way that I can enjoy reading
Glad you've found a way to enjoy reading, Ellie - any audiobook recommendations? (I loved Werner Herzog's recent audiobook because he reads it himself)
I don't know, but I can never hang onto a digital book. Having a physical copy reminding me every day about its existence makes it much more likely for me to read it and actually comprehend it easily. Most people say it is a waste of money, but come on for literature?!
Personally i get more distracted when i read physical book. I recently got a kindle and read my first book on it that i need for school and i finished it in just a few days. I'm sure this wouldn't happened if this was a physical book.
I deliberately avoid smart phones and only use the cheapest flip phone I can find. I've also eschewed e-readers, favoring printed books and periodicals. But now I am seriously considering getting a basic Kindle. The reason: establishments with waiting areas, like auto repair shops, barber shops, and doctor's/dentist's offices have largely ceased stocking reading materials to peruse while you wait. Such places often had extensive varieties of periodicals piled about. They realized most people prefer to amuse themselves with their phones while waiting and decided to eliminate the expense of magazine subscriptions. This will probably be the only way I'll use an e-reader, but for me it is a big concession. It is tough to resist the prevailing culture.
I have a Nook (barnes and nobel's brand) and I love the back light. Its different than a phone/tablet screen because the lights on the ereaders face down (like a book light on a page) instead of at the reader. Phones and tables have the lights facing you directly, which is what causes the strain. I chose an ereader that also have a warm/cool option because I am so sensitive to blue light, so that can be an option for you as well. Warm light on an ereader still feels like you are reading text on paper instead of a "white" phone. I hope that helped!
That's great as long as you CAN read physical books; I have the body of a stroke survivor and the eyes of a diabetic, however, so they're not always, or even often, an option for me. Obviously there's bound to be some books you can only adequately consume in physical form, especially if they rely heavily on illustrations, but if we're dealing with something that's just plain text like an ordinary novel then I'm going to take the electronic option. The point you make about shareability is pretty much the only one that I wouldn't dispute from my own experience.
you can never change my mind
Never looked at kindle. I've got over 500 books, some in Florida, most in two locations in Michigan.
Link for those studies?
I prefer my ereader because of the bigger font. 😊
I always hated e-books, but since in my country not even 1% are translated or even in stores i downloaded a e-book and audiobook platform. Although im first to vouch for physical books in this time where i don't really have the money or place to buy books just using a free trial is amazing
Have they done researches for audiobooks? I feel like that's my favorite mode of reading.
I have a book in my library that has a little flip book animation of a starship exploding on the top corner and you don’t get that same thing on electronic copy
This is very cool, and the sort of thing I love about physical books. What's the one you're referring to?
@@JoelSnape1 it’s callled “Honor among enemies” by David Weber
Reading a physical book takes me an amazingly long time. I haven't tried e-books though
thank you for your video joel. i got really jealous with your bookstores in your country. Here in Vietnam, there're few truly genuinely valuable bookstore. in my city, there're, like, 4 of 'em. and about 70-80% of 'em are self-help books, textbooks, mangas and romcom light novels, which really put me off when trying to find a book to read. that's why, for me rn, kindle is a more practical option, though i much much prefer physical books and always hope to place a big bookshelf full of books in my room
That's fair. Hope you can get to that big bookshelf one day. Any recommendations?
I’m sorry, but for me personally I don’t get joy from holding a book. I prefer being able to have them all digitally. Also eBooks are way easier to share. Only yesterday my sister and I were talking and she recommended a book to me. She apologised for not being able to lend me her copy as she was visiting from out of town and it was at home.
Also I could never write in a book or especially dog ear a page, so the digital notes in the book bring me immense joy.
I gave eBooks a try several years ago because there was one book I wanted that was only available as an eBook. I bought the book and read it and then went on to read a couple of others....but it was just very unsatisfying. This was a Kobo reader. Ergonomically it was fairly comfortable but it just wasn't for me.
As for notes, what I do is to write brackets around the section I want to take a note on and then in the endpages of the book write down the page number and associated note there.
Heya, could you provide a link to the study you mentioned in your first point?
It's this one, my man (though as other commenters have noted, it's a small effect and there may be confounding factors) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9817.12269
much appreciated, thank you! @@JoelSnape1
I read romance or whatever book I don’t want to be caught in public with on my ereader and I also read physical books cause physical books just hits diff. I like reading using both
I own a Kobo Clara HD, and it makes me feel like I'm not wasting money when I don't like what I'm reading. I read all my downloaded e-books to the end, and then I decide if I want to have a physical copy of it, so I end up buying books I really really liked, and stop hoarding books that I just bought for whatever reasons and that I ended up not liking!
Hope you (& your viewers) will appreciate that some of us have eyesight challenges & therefore, find Kindle easier. Also that in some countries digital books are cheaper than paper books. ($$$ are important for some of us).
I love reading and collecting physical books, but because of space, recently bought an Amazon Kindle.
What i hate about ebooks is that you can't share or resell them. I recently discovered a whole new world of borrowing and swapping stuff with my friends and now how am i supposed to do that. 😭
(but we found a way to share ebooks to 👀)
I read fiction on my Kindle. but non fiction I like reading on paper.
I love both but for me it all comes down to space. I love physical books but im in a small room and space is very limited.
I like physical books a lot more, but lately I've been running out of space, so I've started to consider buying a kindle.
Gifting a book with a handwritten message can change lives.
I prefer reading most books in my kindle. But for studying I prefer paper
Reading in kindle feels kinda clautrophobic for me, bcs of the kindle frame, it feels restrictive. This is why i like physical books...
The sharing thing is very curious, when people share me a physical book or game, im pretty much 90% sure i will read/play it.
When people just send me a link i will very much likely ignore it, and forget about it some minutes later.
There's some kind of subliminal vet with physical media, someone buy this thing i took the time and effort to bring it to me, so maybe deep in my mind im thinking its more likely to be good.
I can reference bible scripture better when I read the physical book verses e-reading, or audio bible. In those cases I would have to relay on typing the bit I do remember into google.
Idk I feel like I read way faster on my kindle. When I read physical books I’m more likely to lose where I am on the page, and I kind of just want to put it away. I’m more likely to pick up and read an ebook instead of a physical book. 🤷
just live in argentina! the books prices are around 20 dollars, and the wage salary is 500 dollars😭
Try using the site Anna's Archive :)
I would love to read more real books, but age and dry eye means that it's a lot easier to read e books because they are brighter. I have a biggish colour Boox which isn't good for much except reading and scribbling. But even so I can't read as much as I used to. :-(.
Sorry to hear this, Kirsty - I'm sure I'll be there one day. I'm making the most of physical books while I can.
In my country books are so expensive and an english book, untranslated can cost close to a thousand liras which is crazy. I can download the pdf of whatever i wanna read for free if it's available. Digital makes reading accessible when money is an issue, sadly.