online or on paper?

I love reading very much too, redkey. I prefer books. I really don't enjoy reading online at all. I do a lot of reading online because that is just the lisfestyle I have now. But when it comes to reading for pleasure or when I really have something I want to read a lot about I choose books. There has been a lot of talk lately about literature becoming more electronic and that some day we will all be reading the classics and such this way. That will never be for me. I love the feel of a book in my hands. Turning the pages, flipping back or forward to recall something I've read, or even hearing the sound of a turning page can never be replaced.

Hard copies, no question about it. With e-books, you're confined to the computer, with regular books you can take them with you. Too much reading on the computer hurts my eyes too. I take a book everywhere I go, just in case I get a few spare moments when I can read.

My local library is very small too, but they can order any book I want as long as it's in the State. The librarians call other libraries and have the book sent to our library. See if you're library can do that. I'm in NY and my sister is in Kentucky and they do it for her as well.

I've always thought of books as stories on paper. When they first introduced online books or e-books I thought that the technology was really great. No need to carry around heavy tomes or checking it out and returning to the library. But I never got into it. For me it just doesn't feel like it's a book if it's not on paper. Also, I like to read lying down so online books are a big no. I did download a couple of books online but I still printed them out.

hi, i love reading too but i prefer reading in books as compared to reading online as that makes me feel uncomfortable with my eyes hurting because of the brightness of the screen. Nothing beats reading through books. In fact, I even have online novels by jude deverauz who is one of my favorite romance authors but I haven't really read her online books coz the first time I tried I only got to a couple of pages and then I stopped because I hated reading that way.

I prefer to read books on paper. It is less eye tiring and one more thing i can carry them whereever i go so i can even read them while travelling or just before bed. But nowadays i need to read books n net because its not possile to purchase each and evey book, so i ry to read whatever possible on net. For examples the reference books thta i need to do by project work ta=hey cost a lot so better i read them online which almost free of cost and then forget it or take the print out of the most important pages.

Definitely on paper, I hate reading on the screen especially ebooks. I work on computers all day so probably not the best idea to use my social time reading on them also. I prefer to read in bed so it would be quite hard!

It looks like I'm in the minority, but I prefer books on the computer. With a laptop, I can take them with me if needed or read them in bed. I also get the advantage of being able to run searches on the text. This is really useful with reference types of books.

I like reading too. But I have the same problem with you that the libriary is very small in our company, and I can not find the books that I want. So I need to search on the net, and read the books online.
As you said, that brings a new problem, reading online hurts eyes and also induce neckache. So now, I always download the file to my cell phone to read the books. That will not hurt so much.
But anyway, I like read on paper most.

i much prefer on paper than online. Online it seems im not so much love it, dont be concentrate has on paper. i like touch too, so maybe its make the big difference.

I read too much for my own good! I am a University student so beyond reading the endless textbooks and articles i'm required to for my classes, i'm always reading a pleasure novel. I read while I walk, eat, bath, etc.

I am also a writer, so naturally I read a lot to further my writing abilities, as well as reading my own work.
That being said, I nearly always read in print. I find reading off of a computer screen hurts my eyes.

However, for all of those people that like to read ebooks, Sony has just solved their sore eyes problems. The new E-Book reader is so cool! I saw it at Sony Style the other day and was really impressed by the way they've greated an E-Book "holder" that can hold up to 160 e-books and has screen technology that is easy to read off of. It's almost as if they've eliminated the backlight involved in computer screens. The 'screen' looks like paper. If you like reading e-books, you should really look it up!