Books vs E-readers

[erender]

Nothing really beats the printed word but I guess it has to do with lifestyles as well. I would choose a physical book if I had a permanent house and lots of space for it. I absolutely love reading and I would love to have a shelf full of books but right now, with a small rented apartment, I can only afford to purchase ebooks for practical reasons.

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Personally I prefer audiobooks as usually I'm busy with work/paper work and the free time I have I like too enjoy grinding it out on the ironman.
I'd highly recommend this to anyone interested too;

Nice! I would definitely listen to this on my next flight. Have been meaning to read this now that I am almost out of debt.

[zGoat]

Nothing really beats the printed word but I guess it has to do with lifestyles as well. I would choose a physical book if I had a permanent house and lots of space for it. I absolutely love reading and I would love to have a shelf full of books but right now, with a small rented apartment, I can only afford to purchase ebooks for practical reasons.

That used to be my outlook but since finding out about the availability of e-books without having to buy a kindle etc. I have come to really enjoy them.
I spent most of my free-time and also while at work listening to various e-books over previously watching youtube videos/music videos and wasting time, I put the time to good use.
Also trying to get the kids into listening to e-books when they want to play games on their Tablets/Phones. So far going good with kids/cartoon based books/comics. Also my cousin who is 14 suffers from a form of ADD meaning his concentration levels are diabolical however I've shown him he can still study for his exams without forcing himself to sit through books + books which he wouldn't enjoy and therefore wouldn't take in.
Will always agree having a feature wall within your house full with books is the dream of most people, weather they read regularly or not.

[erender]

Nothing really beats the printed word but I guess it has to do with lifestyles as well. I would choose a physical book if I had a permanent house and lots of space for it. I absolutely love reading and I would love to have a shelf full of books but right now, with a small rented apartment, I can only afford to purchase ebooks for practical reasons.

That used to be my outlook but since finding out about the availability of e-books without having to buy a kindle etc. I have come to really enjoy them.
I spent most of my free-time and also while at work listening to various e-books over previously watching youtube videos/music videos and wasting time, I put the time to good use.
Also trying to get the kids into listening to e-books when they want to play games on their Tablets/Phones. So far going good with kids/cartoon based books/comics. Also my cousin who is 14 suffers from a form of ADD meaning his concentration levels are diabolical however I've shown him he can still study for his exams without forcing himself to sit through books + books which he wouldn't enjoy and therefore wouldn't take in.
Will always agree having a feature wall within your house full with books is the dream of most people, weather they read regularly or not.

Yeah I totally agree with you. Just a few days ago I bought lots of epub books to put in my macbook and I am loving it. I read whenever I have free time at work. Totally love the macbook's "book" app. I haven't tried audio books. I tend to get distracted when I do two things at the same time. But I'll try them out during my daily commute.

[Brian]

Audiobooks take the win for me, great to listen to while working.

Regular books win when I have the time to read.

[Drkkenny]

Hell if I know exactly why but, in this case, I believe books work wayy better than E-Books, literally!

[Wriste13]

Depends. Some audio books are worth it just for the reader. I think about the guy who did "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle", and the audio book is worth it just for that. Some readers are more dull, and it's not really worth it.

I can't even have audio books for multi-tasking though. I need to focus on what's going on.

Most of the time I like to have the book on me - I've held e-readers, and they're kind of cool, but I like the feeling of holding a real book. Seems weird, because I use technology for so many things, that if I'm going to read a book I might as well let technology go for that one thing. Can't condemn anyone for using them themselves, though.