Which do you preffer to read kindle books, blogs, forums, hard cover books?

I would have to say that I enjoy reading actual books more then I enjoy reading from screens like kindles or computers. The electronic screens can make my eyes hurt from staring at them too long and regular books don't really make me have that problem at all. Kindles definitely could help us reduce the use of resources that we are using to produce books and it would be nice to be able to get the books we are interested in for cheaper. I got my girlfriend an Amazon kindle for Christmas this year and she seems to be pretty satisfied with it. She works frequently and in my mind a Kindle is better then a novel because she could have like a non-fiction book about gardening or some other self-help book and she could pick it up and read it from where ever she felt like when she had downtime.

I very much like reading the classics. I used to spend hours reading classic novels. That was when I had the time. These days, so busy with the job I have, I can't devote the time for reading books. I just have to be satisfied browsing through magazines and newspapers. And that too, those related to my work. Nothing else much.

I find that a paper back book is the easiest for me. I can put in in my pack and take it with me and not worry if it gets dropped or bumped. I have not tried the Kindle or other electronic books. I do listen to a lot ob books on tape when I am driving or walking.

I have never used the kindle to read books before. I personally think I would rather read the real books that I can hold in my hand. That way I can lend them to other people and have them read it if I like the book a lot. With the kindle I couldn't or wouldn't want to lend that over for someone to read the book. Also if I went to the beach to read...I wouldn't want it getting sand on it or water or anything like that. So I can't say from experience what I like best but I think I would rather read a hardback book.

I prefer 'real' books, physical, tangible ones, purely because I find them easier to read, it's been shown that when you're looking at one page, your eyes are actually reading the next page as well, you don't get that with a computer screen, also scrolling can be a bit hit and miss at times, literally :)

A paperback book is surely the best, flexiblye, no restrictions, you can grap it in may ways and so on. Sounds a bit ironicly, but it's my point of view. Several months ago I was still supporting that, ebooks are the best, but it stresses your eyes, since we are watching a monitor, is like reading a book on 70Hz, it sounds funny, and since then, I managed to relive the real passion of reading a REAL book, with real pages. I always thought, that the real experience doesn't only be on reading the content, but other factors affect your quality of reading, like the auditive experience of a paper turning over, the smell of the new book (unless you have borrowed it from a library). The forums and blogs are completely different, a different environment, it can be called as a direct medium of interpersonal communication, but it is a too broad category, everybody reads, everything, everywhere. So this is my opinion. :)

Definitely hard cover books. Even when I was doing copy editing as a subcontractor where I got the work via the internet, I'd print the work out, make the changes to the printed pages, then copy them on the computer to send back to the customers. I like to hold what I'm reading. Of course, that's not practical here in myLot or with every email I get so I do it wherever and whenever I can, like reading books. The greatest part about that is that I can go into any second-hand store and buy books from a large variety really cheap. I've actually found some Stephen King books there that were missing from my collection and I paid like 50 cents for each book! I know I'm old-fashioned but that is what I like. I even "downsized" my cell phone from a touch screen to one that does little else than make phone calls because I have a netbook which is small enough to take anywhere so I want a phone that is a phone, nothing more. And, in my world, a book is a book and a computer is a computer. Maybe it's because my poor old brain can't keep up with all these new fangled contraptions. LOL

I would say that my favorite type of book to read would easily be hard cover. Nothing, not even the new Amazon Kindle, can match the experience. A good read, cup of coffee and a blanket to hand just simply cannot be beaten. It is good that new technologies are becoming readily available like the Kindle, but for people who have always enjoyed reading "the traditional way" - basically meaning non electronically, the hardback is the way to go. I haven't had any experience with the Kindle, but I thought that I'd say that I don't really think it's worth the money - there are other eBook readers that are almost just as good for almost half the money - what a substantial saving. to be honest i think book clubs will want to endorse reading "physical" novels, instead of using a kindle/eBook device. for travel, i'd say yes, go for it, PROVIDING that you will definitely use it a lot, otherwise it isn't worth it.

hard cover books ftw..nothing like that feeling,that smell...