Do you prefer E Book or Paper Book

[Mariafransisca11]

both

[Josiewhitehead]

For my own personal reading I like both paper books and Ebooks. From the point of view of an author selling my book, it is much easier to produce and distribute an Ebook with none of the overheads, especially postage (which to can sometimes be as much as the cost of the book) and my local shop takes 47% of the total cost of the book before anything else is paid for. At the touch of a button I can send my ebooks across the world in minutes so speed of delivery wins - plus I can add a nice message from this author and I know where my books go. From the point of view of using the world's resources, the Ebook wins every time with no trees to be cut down. For schools my work goes into classrooms via the computer, projected onto a screen. 30 students can read from this instead of buying 30 books per class, so at a time of cutbacks, this makes more sense. You can encompass games, voice recordings, linked films, animations etc in electronic reading, which children love. I would say that for certain, Ebooks/ipads/computer screens win hands down.

[Maud Fitch]

From the point of view of using the world's resources, the Ebook wins every time with no trees to be cut down. For schools my work goes into classrooms via the computer, projected onto a screen. 30 students can read from this instead of buying 30 books per class, so at a time of cutbacks, this makes more sense.

What we gain on the swings, we lose on the roundabouts. Speedy delivery versus information overload. Less trees cut down but more electronic landfill. And mass classroom readings may not suit the way every student reads.

[Josiewhitehead]

Speedy delivery? A teacher bought one of my books last night at 10 pm wanting to use a poem for a 9 am class. It was delivered immediately. She is using it as one would use a blackboard. Pages can be turned by the touch of a finger on the screen. Electronic landfill: We are filling our bins on an hourly basis with paper that is being wasted at an alarming rate from all manner of things that don't need to be packaged and advertising material stuffed through our letterboxes. Old books are circulating from one Christmas bazaar to the next and often they are still there being offered for sale at the Summer garden parties as people are downsizing, and the next generation don't want them. Mass classroom readings? Children read from vdu screens in the same way we have always read from blackboards in the past. No difference. When the teacher wants to pinpoint one thing on the page, it is easy for everyone to see it when it is pointed to on a vdu screen. I'm encouraging teachers to let children perform and record poems in many ways, and then link their performance to the website, which, like television, is a world stage. Teachers can gain ideas from others in this way for their own classroom performances. Film can be linked with poetry, animated games and much more. No, the electronic conveyance of literature is here to stay, so say the younger generation and I also. On the subject of the author selling an Ebook, there are no overheads. An author, selling an e-book from their own website, receives 100% for the work they've done. Printers, publishers, shop-keepers etc take huge amounts in the case of printed books. The author keeps their copyright when they self-publish. Publishers take this away all too often, which isn't right. I think many authors are exploited. All too often we forget this when we handle a printed book. I think the tide has turned for many authors thank goodness and this is the other side of the coin.

[Bighuey]

So much of that electronic stuff can be recycled. Theres not a whole lot of waste. They rebuild old cell phones and sell them overseas, the same with computers. Computers when they crash people throw out but they can be fixed, my brother-in-law does that. Hes got a shed full of old computers that people gave him that quit working and he fixes them gives them to the schools, and to family members or anybody who needs one. Paper is going the way of the dinosaur. Even mail is starting to go away. Banking is all done on line now, paying bills etc. The post office will be out of money next year, some people think they should close it down and privatize it. That probably would not be a bad idea.

[matthewarnold]

Mostly i prefer the paper book as we know that nothing will take the place of books which was written on papers from the ancient history .the technology is good in the sense that it make us so affordable in that you can carry 1000 books in small mobile and read it any where any time where you want .

[robfarren]

paper all the way. there is something that just can't beat it!

[Bergamot]

There is something comforting about a printed book, and you can save the 'sun bed' - you can't with an E-reader!

I tend to suffer from allergy to paper on some of the library books I borrow and do like the Kindle. Yet, in reality, I'd hate to be without printed books though.

[Ismael]

My favorite way to read a book is an actual paper book. But my Kindle is a easy way to read a lot of books. It can store a library of books, and there are a lot of free books for it. It cannot however beat the feeling and smell of a real book.

[James Donovan]

Its depend upon the condition some time I need a Quick Ans. I use E-book but if i have paper book so don't use E-book.

[Dave00pi]

My kindle collects dust. I think e-books have their place, just not in my house. I love to turn actual pages and refer to maps in the front. Some books are larger than life, and the holding them in your hands is what makes them a real treat IMHO.

[Bighuey]

Also you cant swat flies with a reader.

[Tamispeare]

Of course i prefer the paper book, nothing is better than holding a real book =]. I also like sniffing the papers x3.

[Fran]

Another draw back of ebooks just came to mind today .... you can't judge the size of an ebook.
After a visit to the library the order I read my stash in is usually dictated by the size of the books, short reads <200 pages first, unless one of the books is a priority (one I've been waiting ages for or one highly recommended by Maud, Gannon or DATo).

[jbels]

I was very reluctant when given an ebook as a gift from my father, but a year later I must say I prefer it. For some reason, I seem to read a lot faster on the ebook, so it's been a joy to get to read more this year!