# E-Reader or good old fashioned paper book? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2010, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-reader-or-good-old-fashioned-paper-book/563772 "2010-12-11T09:31:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tpatsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tpatsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tpatsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-reader-or-good-old-fashioned-paper-book/563772/21 "2010-12-12T15:36:54Z")
> [@Student\_Driver](#): > > There’s something pretty awe-inspiring about walking into a room filled with books, and I get a bit of that every time I walk into my library. The physical presence and volume of books lining the walls is something I won’t give up. > > …and then I sit in my comfy library chair and pick up one of my eBook devices or a netbook. Go figure. The electronic ink screens of modern eBooks are a godsend that finally make electronic devices viable replacements for standard print (I have a Sony Bookman and Data Discman from the early 90s, along with a number of book CDs for them, but their uncomfortable LCD displays really hammer home the need for proper displays). I do still read normal books (especially in the bath), and prefer dead trees for puzzle books, but I find eBooks mostly preferable. That is one reason why I bought a kindle. I ran out of room for bookshelves. It was just too crazy. We both read and my b/f goes through books so fast that he was filling up the shelves so fast that we were going to have to buy another book shelf or start packing them away. So it was time for us to buy ourselves each a kindle. But the convenience of being able to read two or more books at once is the best. Now I have 100 new books on my kindle with a few old favorites. And it takes up no space!!! ---
**Author:** ![tpatsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tpatsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tpatsfan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-reader-or-good-old-fashioned-paper-book/563772/22 "2010-12-12T15:39:19Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I like my books. I like that I can take it anywhere and it won’t break. I like that if I lose it, it is cheap to replace. I love going to a bookstore (although I end up spending too much money.) I have a rubber protector around mine because I drop things all the time like with my touch phone I have the same thing and it doesn’t break. And once you learn that you won’t drop it. I have only dropped mine twice. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-reader-or-good-old-fashioned-paper-book/563772/23 "2010-12-12T15:49:08Z")
> [@tpatsfan](#): > > I have a rubber protector around mine because I drop things all the time like with my touch phone I have the same thing and it doesn’t break. And once you learn that you won’t drop it. I have only dropped mine twice. I was thinking of a hot soak and a good book. Drop a book in the water and it is ruined, but I didn’t lose much. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-reader-or-good-old-fashioned-paper-book/563772/24 "2010-12-12T15:53:47Z")
My answer is unfair because I haven’t actually read a book on Kindle. But I love books and am yet another who enjoys the smell of them. An open fire on top of that is true luxury. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-reader-or-good-old-fashioned-paper-book/563772.md?page=1)