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How do you prefer to read books

Poll - Total Votes: 74
I prefer traditional paper books
I prefer electronic device like a tablet
I read both paper and electronic
I avoid reading
I prefer audio books
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SW-User
Both but prefer paper books. The feeling is nicer
LeeInTheNorthWoods · 70-79, F
@SW-User I'm finding that even at my local library it's easier to get electronic books that printed editions. But, I still prefer traditional paper. I am over 70, though. 🤨
Falconsolo · 26-30, M
@SW-User I agree. Reading isn’t the same with out the pages in your fingers
DragonFruit · 61-69, M
I prefer paper books.
I love to read. Real books mostly. Paper
ProfessorPlum77 · 70-79, MVIP
Traditional, paper books.
Degbeme · 70-79, M
With my eyes. 😁
Yeah…she missed that option 😜@Degbeme
SW-User
aesthetically, nostalgically, i prefer paper books, but there are too many good reasons to go with electronic.
4meAndyou · F
I read traditional paper books. I prefer hardbound to paperback...but HATE massive books that won't fit on my book stand. My son reads audio books because he can do other things while listening to a good book. He hasn't the ability to sit still and read the written word and focus on it, but can listen while working on his laptop.
I need book cover art that i can hold.
Northwest · M
Save a tree
Carla · 61-69, F
@Northwest ha! I know better🙂.
Im certain you are aware of the many benefits that could be gleened from industrial hemp.
Northwest · M
@Carla I stopped using paper to write, eons ago. I do buy hemp clothes, and dish towels. It's a growing industry in WA state, where recreational use has been legal for over a decade.
Carla · 61-69, F
@Northwest wood pulp is a 70 billion dollar industry in the us.
Need i say more?
I too use hemp paper products. I have some hemp clothing.
Hemp fiber is so strong too.
I love good old fashioned paper books but for travel there is nothing better than ebooks.
MasterDvdC · 70-79, M
You don't have a good choice for me. I like paper, electronic, and audio books.
Convivial · 26-30, F
While a dead tree book has certain sensuality, when you consider the resources that go into making, distributing and storing, the things.... Is a no brainer in some regards what is better for the future
Fishy · 36-40, F
I usually listen to them by audiobooks or text to speech apps 🥲
Fishy · 36-40, F
@SomeMichGuy depends on what you're multitasking tbh,

I can't do things that require complex thinking while listening to audiobooks etc,
But mundane things like folding clothing, sorting, anything autopilot
Makes the process more enjoyable
pride49 · 31-35, M
@Fishy yeah I can see that
Fishy · 36-40, F
@pride49 yeah, I get fidgety and irritable if I'm just sitting there listening and not doing anything else 😅
I like to hold my book when I'm reading.

I just recently began listening to audio books on my 30 minute drive to work.
Currently listening to lord of the rings.
DunningKruger · 61-69, M
I've purchased only a handful of print books in the past 13 years. Ebooks all the way for me.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
I don;t have any electronic forms but far prefer to read a proper book.

If it is an instruction manual or some other technical book, where I may need frequently refer back to another page, the printed version is far more convenient and far easier to use.

Besides, a book is readily portable, does not need batteries or a power-supply unit, and does not go "out of date" prematurely at manufacturers' whim!
SW-User
I like to use my tablet now days. I rarely pick up a paper or hardcover book anymore.
RubiesandButterflies · 51-55, F
There's nothing like holding and flicking through a real paper book for me.
OldBrit · 61-69, M
Both depends on buying options more than anything.
Barefooter25 · 46-50, M
I'll take the traditional books anytime.
In my recliner at 45 degrees
Highskirt · 56-60, M
With my eyes ....lol
The old fashioned way
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Lexi30misery · 36-40, F
I prefer physical books but I can find the time more easily with audiobooks
MasterDvdC · 70-79, M
@Lexi30misery I use audiobooks while driving around in the car.
Lexi30misery · 36-40, F
@MasterDvdC exactly but i pull some odd expressions while listening to them lol
MasterDvdC · 70-79, M
@Lexi30misery No problem with that. I often talk back to mine. Of course I talk to regular and e-books as well.
SusanInFlorida · 31-35, F
although i prefer a physical book, i have to confess that i'm being tested by the copy of "The Black Swan" by Nissam Taleb. 350+ pages of 10 point font.
SW-User
It's been a while since I have finished a book.

I like reading paper books.
EBooks are also fine.
I prefer paper books.. I like to turn the pages.. and draw lil flowers sometimes and keep a bookmark in them
mindless · M
I like eReaders, but they are obscenely expensive, and the pricing of ebooks makes no sense
Bartleby · 51-55, M
I look at a screen for work so when I read for pleasure I prefer a paper book.
Having my prisoners read them to me while we spend time in the dungeon.

Of course 😌
revenant · F
A good paper book I can mistreat, fold, leave crooked.
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While some prefer paper back, I prefer reading them back to front
Barny52 · 56-60, M
Prefer paper but tablet is easier to see in poor light
DrWatson · 70-79, M
I like the feel of a book in my hand.
Babaloo6 · 41-45, M
I prefer reading paper books
SmoothKnight · 51-55, M
With my eyes open....
SW-User
Paper back
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