Feature and Follow 3

 

The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read.  

 

 

Q: What is your preferred reading format? Hardcover, eBooks, paperback etc?

 

Well, this is going to turn into a mini-rant/explanation.  So for those of you short of time, the quick answer is paperback.

Okay, so the order of reading preference is thus:  paperback, hardback, ebook for my kindle, pdf on my comp, then my phone or audio books last.

 

In detail:

  Paperbacks are relatively affordable, even when money is tight, they are small and easy to use for traveling, in the purse, etc.  Now, if a book is over 500 pages I prefer hardback as a paperback just doesn't seem to hold together very well then.

Hardbacks I like to collect but not read as  much.  They look great on shelves, but I always fear the cover or book corners will be damagd it I move around with it.  So when I do read a hardback it is usually at home.

 Ebooks-while I do read ebooks, most ebooks I have are free or are review copies.  I rarely buy them.  Why?  

1) There is something about the feel of a book.  The touch, smell, weight and actually turning pages.  

2) Physical books last forever practically.  Now, some parts of the world that is different but most places where I have lived/would live it is not an issue.  My question to ebooks is this-what happens to your books when Amazon/B&N etc are gone or when technology changes again.  To me-think about movies.  We had VHS-now we can't buy them and for tapes we may have good luck finding a player for them.  So any vhs you have is obsolete.  Then DVD's.  They too are becoming a think of the past.  So what happens to ebooks when the next wave comes out?  For me that is hundreds-thousands of books lost.  While paperbacks that I currently own do not rely on any technology.  If I lose power for a week, I can still read!

3) EReaders are worth money.  People can and will steal them.  So I hate taking them to work, leaving them in my car, etc.  Plus if what if I drop it and break it or it just plain stops working as any electronic does eventually.  Now I have to fork out a lot of money to read again.  Meanwhile people aren't as likely to steal a book.  No one will break into a car over a book.  If a book is damaged it is a lot cheaper to replace 1 book that is $6-30 vs. an EReader at $120-$400. 

 

Reading on My Computer-I do not like it!  Again, technology reliance.  Plus much harder to move around with.  I am stuck stationary with this one.

Audiobooks- Frankly, I do not even consider this reading.  I know many disagree. Just my opinion-this is a rant for another time.

Phone-Umm...no screen is way to small to read.  Plus, I hate my phone.  

 

 

So I hope I have not offended anyone here.  These are just my opinions for my personal life and other opinions are always welcome.  

What are your reading preferences?  Or lack thereof? 

 

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