Paper, but I love the convenience of e-books on my phone; I'm never without a book.
Edit: And since my phone is waterproof, I can read in the bath, or while washing dishes!
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I prefer paper but I’m happy to have my kobo while traveling!
I read ebooks because they're more portable, I can read them on my phone instead of doing the old social media counterpoint all day. I have signed up for several digital library cards with fake addresses so I can access more books, lol, and I also buy ebooks with survey money, so all the free books! I read about 10 books a week.
Paper, outdoors.
I want the physical book for the shelf but I read the ebook on my smartphone. Way more convenient for me.
ebooks first. i'll text-to-speech it most of the times but the text being there helps so i can attach my annotations. if the book is brilliant, i'll buy a physical copy and install it in my growing library. this year though, i got a little risky and bought my first quarter of the year TBR all paper books. EXPENSIVE!
What do you use for TTS? I'm interested in both a service that'll turn a PDF into an audiobook and that reads a document line-by-line. I use Librera for the latter but the FOSS voices available on F-Droid leave a lot to be desired.
- Audiobooks
- Paper (with nightlight)
- Ebook
Never had an e-reader, usually I read physical books or on a regular screen, so I guess, paper books?
I fuckin hate reading. Audio books all the way.
ebook on my phone from random website
I'd prefer paper, but having moved so many times I just can't bring myself to own hardcopies unless I know someone who would like the book. So it's E-reader unless driving, then audiobook.
I have an executive function disorder, so while reading my mind likes to work on things that are not related to what I'm reading.
So books/eReaders don't really work for me, it's just far too difficult to actually get through something. So I stick to audio books.
Though, audio books tend to put me to sleep.
Paper. I don't fuck with pdfs and audio books are a crime against nature