Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Weigh in Wednesday (1): eBooks vs Print Books


Weigh in Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Lauren's Epilogue Review blog. It's a Something vs. Something type of thing. The purpose is for it to be short, interactive, and something fun to do halfway through the week! Firstly I want to thank Lauren for inviting me to this interesting meme! And our topic of this week is:



eBooks vs. Print Books

I prefer print books, although I read ebooks too. I don't know, I just feel that reading a book is an activity of flipping the pages, touching and smelling the papers, while at the same time grabbing the meaning of its writing. With ebooks, I can still grab the meaning, but miss the other feelings. Other reason, I like to collect, admire, and love my books, my books become something valuable for me--a feeling that I don't find in ebooks, maybe because they are too easy to get (there are many  free ebooks that you can download easily). However, for certain books (classics especially) that are rare and difficult to get but I really want to read, I would read the ebooks.

What about you? Are you ebooks or print books reader? Share your thoughts, and join this Weigh in Wednesday meme here.

11 comments:

  1. I think it shows something about me that if I really like a book I HAVE to own it and put it on my shelf :) I see benefits to both but overall I choose print books too!

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    1. Same to me, but still, I prefer my real shelf than the virtual one.. ^^

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  2. Last year I was using ebooks a lot for classics. It's great that you can get hold of them so easily from, say, the Gutenberg Project. I like both for different reasons but I am still partial to the feel of pages beneath my fingers.

    My WiW.

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    1. Right now I choose classics in print books only for those I'd really like to read. But for average books (that I don't know whether I'm going to like it or not) I choose ebooks.

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  3. I love both, but I prefer my Kindle!
    New Follower!
    MY WIW http://redheaded-bookworm.blogspot.com/2012/05/weigh-in-wednesday-2.html

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    1. The problem with Kindle is when you forget to charge the battery! :)
      And thanks for following..

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  4. "I like to collect, admire, and love my books, my books become something valuable for me." - hahaha, same reason :) I love my books!!!

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  5. My husband has a kindle, and we've found that it's a really useful tool for us as we read the classics. I still prefer the printed page, scribbling in the margins, judging my progress by the location of my bookmark, but the ability to look up words on the spot, and search for things, especially as we go back and blog about the books, has been very nice.
    =Christina Joy=

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    1. Yes, I agree. We still love prints but found ebooks useful to several reading aspects.

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  6. Thanks for following, I'm following you back! I like the e-books for ones I may only read once. But books I love and may want to go back and read again, I want the hard copy.

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