Do you prefer the traditional book that you open up and can physically read in your hand or a book that you can read off your computer?

I personally like to have the physical book. If I have an ebook version, I usually print it out when I read it.


Example of an ebook via browser: http://books.google.com/books?id=ng85BPenh...;dq=jungle+book

Ebooks cannot compare to normal old fashion books...

100% traditional books. eBooks give me a headache.

I don't have the attention span to read most things on a compy screen... like that post on the economies' of MMORPGs, I read part of it... skipped some, read some more... If I am at a computer then I need to interact with it, or I go insane. Probably why I failed my networking class....
It's just not the same. One of my friends is sort of the opposite of me, he says if it's not on a compy screen, it hurts his eyes after reading for too long.

After spending a lot of time at the computer I prefer audiobooks. Not only can I listen to them on my MP3 player on the way to and from University, but I can rest my eyes at the same time. I love regular paper-bound books, as reading them is a very special kind of pleasure. Reading e-books on the computer doesn't cut it, although I've never tried any e-book readers like Kindle.

OOooo, I forgot all about audio books. I listened to a few in audio form but I can't stand it after a while usually because I get distracted way too much. Then sometimes I like to skip back a few pages to refresh on something that just happened earlier. It's a bit hard to do it with the audio books. I listen to them sometimes in the summer when I run though. Get two things done at the same time.

Audiobooks are nice, but it doesn't compare to real books. If I skip something or an distracted with an audiobook, I have to fumble my way back to re-listen, then by that time I forgot where the dang part is. In a book I can reread it as many times as I want. I also have this tendency to space out randomly.
Otherwise, I like audiobooks. Not as much as regular books.

I respect all three formats, though. Each has their own perks.

I enjoy reading from a regular book. I don't like reading on the computer, I find it easier to read from a book. Tutorials are the exception, though.

I prefer the books you can hold

I like to snuggle around a blanket and read a real book. Besides reading off the comp is bad for your eyes. Then again there is this thing that doesn't have a backlight so it doesn't hurt your eyes and its small and portable and it can have tons of books in it. If I had that I'd like it. But because I don't have on I still like the regular old book.

So is the thousand of other things you do on the computer. I have yet to have my eyes hurt from a computer screen. I turn my brightness down low usually if I'm working with a bright screen that has a lot of white on it. I find that reading white text (or a nice color) with a black background is a lot easier on your eyes while easier to read (at least for me). Just a comment don't take it like I'm arguing or anything. I know it does hurt your eyes. I'm just saying... >_>

Audiobooks make me feel as if I'm a mentally retarded person, no offense to whoever this may concern. I voted Ebooks because I don't loose them and you don't have to pay shipping. I really don't care whether I hold a book or not, it's just whatever is easier for me at the moment.