My wife and I take a lot of positions overseas, and carrying a load of books around is not very profitable.
But the feel of a book just beats the heck out of an E-reader. And I can remember where I saw something in a book, but never seem to get the knack of it while reading electronically.
LIMITED EBOOKS
Ebooks cannot be highlighted. Paper books allow freedom to highlight any way the reader wishes. Ebook highlighting is determined by a third party software programmer, so Ebooks are stunted by his limited intelligence.
It is a huge problem rendering Ebooks a waste of time. At 2 to 8 hours per books, Ebooks squander a huge chunk of one’s life. I read one, the last Ebook ever because I care about my time.
And I have heard it before, the highlight function is right there in the menu. No, that is a third party’s vision of organizing info, which is poorly thought out eg Amazon sucks.
Same here. I read a lot but can’t stand the clutter. Thrown away and donated hundreds of books. Books for me the last 8 years.
It's also very difficult to get a paper book to read to you while you are sitting back in your chair with your eyes closed sipping a cup of coffee.
Sure you do but it’s just a single wipe.
Agree with your reasons but also like to read in bed and that is much easier with an ebook. Something about the lighting and angle with bifocals just doesn’t work for me with paper books anymore.
Also ebooks save your place and help you search for phrases and/or characters.