Do you like reading books or online???

India
September 18, 2007 12:37am CST
Hello! Do you like reading books/magazines/etc or articles/e-books/etc online? Which one do you find more interesting? I like reading stuffs online because I don't like reading books much other than my studies related. And, I save my time by reading online as I have to type in search engine what info am looking for and read it. But if I go for books I have to search it here and there. vani ^_^
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15 responses
@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
18 Sep 07
Hi indiavani as for me I read books alot. I made it as a hobby. I do like also to stay online but I do not read articles online. If I want to read the article from the internet I would print it out. My eyes are not so comfortable reading small letters online.It's kinda blurred sometimes. I guessed it has something to do staying online for a long hours.
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• India
18 Sep 07
Thanks for responding! I have got used to reading online, so don't have any problem with reading online. Also, I take break in between working on computer to give my eyes a break as I use computer for more than 5-6 hours a day.
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• India
19 Sep 07
My bro used to play computer games a lot, so he has got eyeglasses few months back. I also got my eyes checked that time and my eyes are totally fine. Thanks again for responding!
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@katkat (2378)
• Philippines
19 Sep 07
Your eyes are tough but mine is unforetunately not. I do read online before for hours but now my eyes are not capable in reading online. Maybe in the coupe of month I have to wear eyeglass
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• India
18 Sep 07
Reading books online never even comes close to the pleasure you get reading a real book.They just cannot be equated,you cant snuggle up in your favorite couch and read an online book,like you read areal book.And i personally don't enjoy staring at the screen for hours reading a book,scrolling up and down..it drives me nuts.
• India
18 Sep 07
LOL! I have never read any book in couch. Thaks for responding!
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• India
19 Sep 07
Well then our perceptions of reading books are nowhere close to each other,anyways read all you can,online or real,its fun.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
18 Sep 07
I hate to read long discussion topics in mylot and where is the question of reading books online. I do not like to read more than a paragraph online. As far as books are concerned, I would like to mark the sentences for future use as a part of adding vacabultory, therefore i do not wish to read online and rather I prefer the real books.
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• India
19 Sep 07
I think most of the people have same opinion. Thanks for responding!
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@kunalvijan (3411)
• India
18 Sep 07
yes, i do read books online from scribed.com.. u should try it
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• India
18 Sep 07
K...I'll check it out. Thanks for sharing the link!
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@Qaeyious (2357)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I would prefer downloading a document and reading it offline since my dial up connection requires me to speed read a bit. But if it is a longer work I would prefer it on paper so I am not tied up at a monitor.
• India
19 Sep 07
Thanks for responding!
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• Romania
18 Sep 07
Hello. I like reading books or magazines but not online, because it is hard to read from the monitor and take a lot of time. Also isn't very healthly and doctors say that you read on the Internet 25% harder than normal read.
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• India
19 Sep 07
Thanks for responding! I didn't know that reading from monitor is 25% harder than normal reading, thanks for informing about it.
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@Tarrish (562)
• United States
19 Sep 07
Well, the fact of the matter is I love to read. Whether it be a book in my hand, or an article online it's all good to me. I suppose one could argue that nothing can come close to a real book in your hand...the smell, texture, etc. I could agree with them, but there is so many fun things to read online. I especially enjoy fan fics. :)
@lisado (1227)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I prefer to read regular books. After a while the computer screen bothers my eyes. Also, since I don't have a laptop, I can take my book anywhere, but with my computer I am chained to my desk. Even when we had a laptop I preferred to read a regular book. I've never been a fan of magazines, really, so I don't read them often, unless there is a story in one I don't want to miss. If there is a long story online I want to read I'll print it out and read it that way.
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18 Sep 07
I love reading books, curled up in my favourite chair with a drink and my reading lamp on. It's relaxing and I can get lost in a book. You cannot beat reading books, no eye train reading from a computer screen for me :-)
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@pillusch (1147)
• Mexico
18 Sep 07
It really depends on the kind of book. If it is information I'm looking for, I usually do that online. But I would never read a novel online. Heck, I read in order to GET AWAY from the computer, because I'm pretty much addicted to it. So I just enjoy taking out that novel, getting physically away from my computer screen, sitting down in a comfortable armchair and do some old-fashioned reading.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
18 Sep 07
I don't like reading books online. I read news articles and magazine articles online though because they are pretty much the same and short. I don't like watching the news and with reading the articles online you can pick and choose which you wish to hear, unlike the news where you just hear everything.
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@ian1010 (459)
• Philippines
19 Sep 07
i don't coz i hurt my eyes when i do
@maybebaby (1230)
• Canada
19 Sep 07
I like to read books myself. I find that one the computer I get more tired quickly becasue you have to sit up. It's also more strain for your eyes. I like to read and respond to blogs and stuff but for my real reading I perfer to have a book. I just can't get into the ebook thing.
@alansmile (284)
• Malaysia
19 Sep 07
I prefer online,see which is interesting and i will the interesting one only. Sometime i surf the net for some magazine to read. It's quite bore if no reading surfing the net.
18 Sep 07
I prefer to download and read. You can get a huge collection of books of all kinds on Demonoid.com.