Text books or Digital Books...Which one do you prefer??

i prefer text books.. the whole satisfaction of reading is achieved only when i read through text books...u cannot read through digital books all day long.. u see the power required for monitor (LCD, TFT, CRT) is very much higher than making a paper book...then papers can be recycled and i could see the text book for hours, but u cannot see the screen for more than 5 hours... u retina will get damaged.. reading digitally in Laptop??? think of the cost?? so i solemnly prefer text book.. happy to respond.. happy mylotting...

I prefer text-books to ebooks, although I would love to read stuff on the computer rather than carry the books along with me the whole time. As long as computer display harms the eye I would read stuff on paper. I already have a -5.0 eye power. The other reason is that textbooks have a good sight to them. When I look at my bookshelf I feel a sense of pride and happiness. With ebooks you'll not have that feel good factor. The drawback of books though is that the use valuable resources.

I would like a combination, I love the portability of ebooks. I have a Palm and read ebooks on their all of the time but when it comes to looking at pictures or formulas I prefer a text books. I think all texts should come with the ebook as well as electronic quizzes that we can use. Imagine sitting in the doctor's office and being able to study instead of getting irritated or when standing in line at a grocery store...whip out the PDA and do some reviewing. Like digital index cards.

I wasn't into e-books until I got a Kindle! Now I don't read anything else! I hate reading on LCD screens because it's a major strain on my eyes, so I had no interest in e-books at all. But the new electronic ink technology is absolutely amazing! The Kindle definitely changed the way I read, and I read so much more often now! If you love to read, I'd definitely recommend getting one!

hmm...first of all i dont like reading..hehe... i prefer text books for digital books as the latter puts a strain on our eyes..even though text books are heavy and cannot be easily carried they provide the perfect feeling for reading...

Digit books with the advantage of convenience and cheapness are quite popular with young people,but I still prefer text books.When I read a text book,I can put all my attention into the book,and feel that I am studying,but when I read a digit book,I can't fix my attention to the book,and always feel that I am playing.Maybe this is just because I fail to adjust myself to it.However,there are also some disadvantages of digit books,for example,facing computer for a long time would harm your eyes.

I prefer text books compared with digital books, i guess i am still old fashioned but i am not used to these digital stuffs. One is my brother too prefers reading from computers rather than text books and i guess it depends on getting used to it. Compared with the financial status text books are more expensive but when it comes to durability i would vote for text books.

Well I'd prefer paper books any day. They are easier to read unless you have kindle that is. But money is always a factor. You can download an ebook in seconds and get reading for virtually zero money. But you need to buy a text book, pay money and then actually get down to reading it

I think I have the same opinion of that I have of downloading movies and music - I prefer to actually have them in front of me and owned and therefore with movies / music I like to buy the DVDs and CD Albums! So I much prefer having the books. I'm not quite sure why. I suppose I just like to have something to show for my money.

hi dsharat well , the text book would better for studying even reading for learning anything coz it would be better for your eyes for long time !! it easy to carry I have no problem with that coz I would carry one instead of five but, sometimes in this case the digital books can help!! ^_^

in fact ,i offten stay in front of monitor and i feel my eyes were very tied. i using computer to reading have been two year ,for one thing ebook is more cheaper and stuff is very easy to seach by internet. for example , i want to buy an englishi noveal ,but it's too costly to buy for me . but i still want to say that, nowdays ,we using new technology replace lots of thing , but that do not mean we didn't need textbooks for ever. obvious, textbooks have many advantage. for exampe ,textbook is more easy to widespread all over the world.in many developing country , too poverty to use computer but textbook.

I do think that digital versions of books are much more economically friendly and are easier to transport for students. But when I need to study something I feel like I get more out of the experience if I have an actual book which I can turn pages in! I don't know if it is just me that feels this way? Also I don't like looking at a computer screen too long as it strains my eyes.

While I believe that E-books would be the cheaper route to go, I have always thought that text books are better. I hate when a teacher assigns some type of reading online because I can't highlight or make little notes in the margin to take with me to class. It's always been easier for me to read things on paper. It also helps with studying.

I prefer to read books, physical books, because i somehow find it more fun and easier to read.

I love having e-books!!! Where ever I am, I can have all the reference books I need. I can high light text, make notes whatever. And all of that without having to lug around a bunch of hard copy, heavy weight books. I don't do a lot of studying any longer, except bible studies. But with those too, I can have a whole library of reference books along with me. And store a huge amount of information on very small, easy to transport devices such as cds or memory drives. Incredible!!!! Such a great thing to have.

I don't study but I do enjoy reading... a book. The last thing I want to do when settling down to enjoy a novel is turn on my lap top and have to stare at the screen in order to do this. I don't understand why we are using technology to replace everything. If it is not broke, don't fix it. I appreciate that EBooks are probably better for the environment but it makes the ideas evoked from films like iRobot and The Matrix seem more like realistic predictions.

While they're definitely a burden to carry, I think I prefer textbooks over e-books when it comes to studying. I have a kindle and read regular books for pleasure on it all the time, but I like to be able to page through my textbooks and have multiple books open in front of me. I also like to be able to highlight and make notes in the margins. I know that these things are possible with some e-books also, but for me, I think I'll always study with physical books!

I prefer text books.i now world changed a lot technology wise.but i still prefer old methods in lot of things.i learned everything from text books only.i think we will save lot of energy with text books and already children are spending most of the time on computers and all.i don't think it is better to give them digital books.they already have lot of knowledge of digital world i don't think they need any more it.but again it is my opinion.

well... i have tried reading a lot of ebooks but the best i could do was read a max of 10 pages... :D i'd anyday prefer reading text books instead of e-books... few simple reasons being... 1. you can carry your book wherever you want... (imagine carrryin a laptop or even worse a desktop... lolz... ) 2. People wouldn't want to steal books... 3. Reading ebooks, people have a tendency to switch to games... the level of concentration is not there.... 4. For weak eyed people... chances are that yor eyes will get ruined further... :D

I prefer text books as reading digital books for too long can damage your eyes