read by using book or ebook?
By amelly
@amelly (1554)
Malaysia
April 26, 2010 4:06am CST
i think i prefer the normal old fashioned book rather than the latest ebook.firstly well, i know ebook is much lighter because u just have to read it through ur mobile phone but surely ur sight will be worse if u keep staring at at screen for a long time.moreover if the story is nice and u just can't stop reading it. but the normal book is heavy..and u can't just bring a dictionary sized book everywhere u go..unless u in a campus or university..so what say u??i think i prefer book than ebook.
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@laurenban (194)
• Philippines
26 Apr 10
i like both the real book and ebook. but sometimes ebook can be hard on the eye especially when i stare longer. i also like audio books even my eyes are close i can enjoy my favorite novel or story.
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@much2say (53944)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Apr 10
I definitely love books - as in real books! I love to hold it physically, to feel and hear the paper as I turn the pages and looking at the type style and illustrations or photos. It's weird but sometimes I like the smell of books too. I know ebooks save trees and are better for the environment and cheaper to produce and all that stuff . . . but it's not for me. I can't seem to focus on reading off a computer screen . . . it's just not the same.
@mercury_yan (127)
• China
5 May 10
i like books made of paper too. it gives you differet feeling. it makes you peace. and i will not feel tired when i am reading a real book, but ebook will make me tired easily.
@hunterkim_07 (458)
• Philippines
5 May 10
I prefer the normal, traditional book rather than the high-tech e-book. The latter just scares my eyes away. I can't stand reading in front of the pc monitor for so long because my eyes and head would really ache to the max. I also don't get the feel of reading if I don't do it with a real book.
@caliya (1170)
• Philippines
29 Apr 10
I still go for the old fashion book. I really like the smell of the book pages and along with the words written in those pages I can actually imagine the characters of the books and paint a picture of them in my mind and I can not do that with ebook. I agree with you in the long run your eye health would be compromised when you always read ebooks.
@allyoftherain (7208)
• United States
28 Apr 10
I prefer the old-fashioned paper books. I like the feeling of flipping through pages and watching my bookmark go through them. I don't care how heavy the book is. In fact, I prefer to carry big hardcover books. I just think ebooks are a bad idea. First of all, it makes book piracy possible, and the publishing industry is suffering enough as is. Second of all, we're mixing books and technology. Technology is temperamental. I will die the day my books can crash like computers.
