Which do you prefer a Kindle or an ordinary book?

[floo]

Nowadays I prefer a Kindle.

For fun as a teenager I took a speed reading course and regret it. I enjoy reading, but read so fast I generally finish a book in a day, so I am always adding new ones to my Kindle.

[splashscuba]

Kindle. I can take a whole library with me anywhere.

[Nearly Sane]

Kindle, I usually read a number of books at the one time so it makes it more convenient.

[Brownie]

Book.  I have an unused Kindle given to me for Christmas a couple of years back.
I understand the convenience of a kindle, as things are I have books in piles, usually two or three on the go, the kindle takes up less space and not have things spilled on it!  However, I love books and can't see that changing in the near future.

[Owlswing]

Books - but only as I have no more room for additions to my collection I now have a Kindle.

[Walter]

I'm very proud to announce I finished my first book yesterday.
I think I'll start reading another one tomorrow.

[Sebastian Toe]

I'm very proud to announce I finished my first book yesterday.
I think I'll start reading another one tomorrow.

Yes, Mabel O'Donnell is one of my favourite authors also!

[Maeght]

Rarely read but when I do its a book.

[Walter]

I once worked as a page turner at Kindle.

[wigginhall]

I had a job in a brothel reading the runes.

[Walter]

I love runes, especially with ustard.

[wigginhall]

I think it was Olonel Ustard in the ibrary with a ead ipe.

[Walter]

an ipe,an ipe my country for an ipe.

Ill get mi coat.

[Hope]

Both - depending on the context.  I'm trying to get proferssional books onto my Kindle, but try to retain printed books for enjoyment reading.

[Walter]

of course you are Hope. 

[john]

I owned a Sony Ereader and most recently a Kindle but have lost enthusiasm for them.

I prefer the feel of real books. Fortunately I have room to store loads. I tend to keep books I need for reference or ones I think I want to re read in the future. I give away books that I think are junk.

[jeremyp]

I mostly use the Kindle app on my phone and iPad now. It's an absolute dogsend for technical computer books which tend to be a thousand pages give or take a few and it's very convenient for normal reading.

However, I do still buy physical books because I love browsing bookshops and I won't be able to do that much longer if I buy all my books online.

[Bubbles]

I must admit, I was disappointed with the kindle because I've found many of the books I really enjoy don't go word for word in kindle.

It's disconcerting when they rephrase or shorten things.

It's a bit like the readers digest condensed versions,
 it loses something.

Everyone knows the beginning of WAr of the worlds " one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.”
― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds"

Well kindle may not change that one, because it's so well known but it changes other ones.

I was disappointed once I found kindle books remodel bits I find as atmospheric as that one.

I've gone back to books.

[Hope]

of course you are Hope. 

[Maeght]

I must admit, I was disappointed with the kindle because I've found many of the books I really enjoy don't go word for word in kindle.

It's disconcerting when they rephrase or shorten things.

It's a bit like the readers digest condensed versions,
 it loses something.

Everyone knows the beginning of WAr of the worlds " one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water.”
― H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds"

Well kindle may not change that one, because it's so well known but it changes other ones.

I was disappointed once I found kindle books remodel bits I find as atmospheric as that one.

I've gone back to books.

Out of interest, why did you include an example that Kindle didn't change?

[jeremyp]

Out of interest, why did you include an example that Kindle didn't change?

Because it's not true.

Why would the e-version of a book be condensed? There's no space problem.

[Bubbles]

Out of interest, why did you include an example that Kindle didn't change?

Because it's so well known even kindle don't cut it down, but for me some less well read books hold the same kind of descriptive text, which kindle copies do mess with.

I included one well known one, just to convey what I mean.

I don't like books being rephrased from the original, kindle books are like the condensed readers digest ones they do it where they think it doesn't matter.

Richard Adams- Watership-Down

And the original version of Bambi they have messed with.

[Bubbles]

Because it's not true.

Why would the e-version of a book be condensed? There's no space problem.

I don't know, but some of the passages are changed from the original books.

Im not the only person who has found the kindle version doesn't match the original.

http://basepath.com/index-real.php?url=blogentry/2007-12-16.htm

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/forums/threads/are-kindle-books-the-real-thing.113029/

[jeremyp]

I don't know, but some of the passages are changed from the original books.

Im not the only person who has found the kindle version doesn't match the original.

http://basepath.com/index-real.php?url=blogentry/2007-12-16.htm

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/forums/threads/are-kindle-books-the-real-thing.113029/

Well in your first link, the complainant was talking about missing footnotes in some samples. The word "sample" should be a clue there. In the second link, the second post refutes the premise for at least some classics.

[Maeght]

Because it's so well known even kindle don't cut it down, but for me some less well read books hold the same kind of descriptive text, which kindle copies do mess with.

I included one well known one, just to convey what I mean.

I don't like books being rephrased from the original, kindle books are like the condensed readers digest ones they do it where they think it doesn't matter.

Richard Adams- Watership-Down

And the original version of Bambi they have messed with.

So you illustrate a point with an example which doesn't illustrate the point?