Would You Read A Book In Digital Format?

Over 90% of what I read is digital. I read on my Palm PDA and love it. I always have 20 or 30 books to choose from and they slip right into my pocket. I don't need another bookcase or space to buy more books and boxes to pack them up when I move. It is better for the ecology...I see no reason to stay with paper books

i tried reading an e-book too. its okay for me but it really hurts in the eye. but now i haven't been reading any e-book because i usually only surf the net with the computer. i actually haven't finished a book i have started late last year! ^__^;; but if our internet connection would be cut off (God forbid!), i might finish that e-book. i still read books though. i like reading while i'm lying down in the bed. but i don't get to buy books that i really like because they are just so expensive! so i seldom buy books. and its not surprising why people choose to read e-books because of the high prices of books in stores.

I have done it and I even have a book that I wrote in e-format it is in print form too, but I do like the book form the best,

oh heck I have to curl up and read the book turning thos pages I read enough on the net getting a book to read I got to be comfortable not set at the puter for that one.!

I have become disabled and this is a wonderful innovation for people who can't hold books. Also the backlighting of the computer helps me. I wish I could afford to buy an Amazon kiindle.

i would rather read a real book than a e-book. I already spend loads of time watching movies and playing games on the computer... To do more on the computer means straining my eyes

I love reading but I don't enjoy reading them on my computer I can't really enjoy them that way. I love being able to take a book woth me everywhere where ever I go and not have to worry the battery will go out right in the middle of a great part. And plus my computer is dialup which means slow loading pages and I just don't have time to sit around waiting for a page to load to read a book Lord it take to long and you forget half what you'd read. I would like that they have a device that reads only books and that you just have to slip in a cartiage and start reading of course you'd better make sure your around a handy place to plug in your power pack. That be neat.But still nothing better then turning the pages of a favorite book.

oh i love the physical reality of reading a book but also have read e.books, i think they are a positive step forward

I don't think so--I prefer the old fashioned way of reading too (plus it makes me sleepy!). I don't know that the format of an actual book will go away any time soon--it's been such an intrinsic part of our lives since what, the 1400s or 1500s? And how will children learn to read if it's not right in front of them?

I'd rather read a real book. There is nothing I like better that turning the pages of a good book. Plus, if I read online for too long, I get a headache.

I would never like to read my favourite book on a laptop or pc screen. I find it very tiring and I don't enjoy reading like that. If it's something to do with my work and I have no choise I can bare with it but I print everythig I can to read it on the paper.

E-books are the future, unfortunately for the nostalgic ones... We will tell our grandchildren about the pleasure of reading a paper book, and we will take out a dusty thing from the cabinet and show it to them...and they would just not understand how such a blunt thing could be made and why this waste of material instead of 10Mb of words packed digitally and very handy. We have to adapt...it's not that bad, provided you have a good screen to read on, with no negeative effects on your sight...

I was thinking about you today. I haven't seen a post from you for a few days, and here you are. I am not a fan of e books. I much prefer the real thing. I have also never seen an e book that told me concisely what it is that I want to find out. Most of them seem to be additional sales materiel for something else. But perhaps I am jaundiced because almost all the big internet sales scams that I have ever seem to revolve around paying $40 for something that isn't worth the paper that you bought that printed it. Having written all that I suspect that you are really talking about proper books. Amazon have produced something called the Kindle that allows you to download your books and read them on screen. A sort of literary iPod. Personally, whilst I like the idea of having every book in the Universe in my pocket; I still prefer to have the real thing. Sorry about the diatribe earlier.

Definitely prefer the physical book. I think most of us spend too much time in front of the computer and it can really hurt our eyes. Though Amazon has come out with an e-book device, doing the math, reading actually turns out to be more expensive..as the e-books are not cheaper than the physical. The device itself is over-priced and still quite first-generation. The only pluses are that it eliminates shipping and storage and it's a little easier on the eyes. So..still the good old-fashioned way of reading for me.

I like to read, both in books and in e-books, and also on the computer. I have written a novel, back in the 80's and a couple years ago, I put it in e-book format. I sold it online, about 5 copies. You can see about it at http://www.kreatedbykewpie.ws/kbkbooks/oklahomawind/

I love to read an orginal book's mybe I'm also old fashion but I love the book, to see, to fell, to touch to mark when make a pause. I love to go to the liberary to find a good book, to meet people that came to look for a book to ask them about good book. Not always I have the time to read but I look forwerd to read.

I can see pros and cons of digital reading, but mostly I am like you, I like to curl up with a good book. There are times when it would be very inconvienient for me not to have a paperback. I like to read in what my hubby laughingly calls "The Library" In the bathroom, and also soaking in the tub, now i don't know about you, but I do not want my puter in the bathroom, esp. when I am in the tub. So yes, give me the old fashioned paperback anytime.

Its better for the economy to go digital but like you i LOVE to curl up witha good book and flip the pages. I read the last harry potter book online and it was sooo different. I can't wait to read the actual physical book. I think a great system would be to make everything digital and print books on demand.

i really dont like to read books, i feel sleepy!!

I'm not a fan of the idea. My eyes already hurt enough from the too-much web surfing I already do. I think reading in front of the computer, like you said, is not cozy or relaxing so it takes away for me the best part of reading. I think I would get headaches from trying to read books online...not to mention if you don't have a laptop it's probably a huge pain!