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By Radha S
@radhruv (135)
New Delhi, India
September 8, 2016 2:09am CST
I love reading books. So I used to purchase them whenever I get a hand on them. The fine prints and the smell of the pages reminds of things happened during that time.
But now a days ebooks have replaced the hard copies. One can simply download the books they want to go through and then with a click of button delete the same.
It's not same as the paperbacks. Those books were preserved and reread many times and also they changed different hands before getting back. Also remember the times when we would rush to the bookstore to get the first copy. How proud the moments were!
All have vanished into thin air with the introduction of ebooks.
Could one have the same feeling as that of holding a book in one hand while sipping a hot coffee sitting in balcony enjoying the cool air!
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14 responses
@Meramar (2695)
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8 Sep 16
Ebooks might have their advantages, but I still prefer paper books. It doesn't mind if it's a brand new one, or a second (or thousand hand) one from the market. To hold a story in your hands and to feel the owner of the history, thoughts, adventures.... even for just a few days is incomparable.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
8 Sep 16
@Marty1 This is in Delhi, India's capital, far from my place ....it is a second hand book market on Sundays...so whenver I visit Delhi I make sure to include a Sunday , so I can visit.
I would love to have you with me.:)
@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
9 Sep 16
I don't know how many times people ask this question. I prefer hard cop or paper backs. But they are people who read on their Kindle or cell phones. It's all good!
@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
8 Sep 16
I hardly go anywhere without a book - a hard copy one, that is. I do a lot of work, including posting here, on an ereader but the only ebooks I have ever read have been free ones, usually very short, or sample chapters.
@Nishkriti (132)
• Kolkata, India
8 Sep 16
I still read paperbacks and love them. I plan to get a personal mini library someday, in my study room. The feeling that I get by merely looking at a book is unexplainable. The way a book gets old through all those re-reads...that out of nowhere urge to read that particular passage and then searching for it....many many more such tidbits....paperbacks and hardcovers are so much about the passion one has for reading.
@april_ang (578)
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8 Sep 16
Real good book + coffee = lil piece of heaven, I can read 20 hours straight, as long as it's a good book
I read ebook too..and articles too.. and comic too.. journals.. text book..
I don't know which one that I like more, books or reading. Maybe I just love to feed my brain.
@7864aru (170)
• Pune, India
10 Sep 16
Yes, you can have the same feeling while saving money & purchasing books online...
N well about coffee sip & book reading.. Buy Amazon kindle or similar product & you will get same feel of old book..
