A new paper released last week by the Pew Research Center found that print books continue to be American adults’ preferred reading format, though digital formats continue to make inroads.
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Interesting.
However as a senior I prefer ebooks because I can adjust the font size, even with wearing reading glasses my eyes tired faster reading print books.
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I agree. Digital reading material for me. Great for traveling. Love being able adjust font size. Audio for my everyday walks. No books to dust, find shelves for, or to move. No recycling issues.
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Print for me! I just can’t focus on an e-book, and I’ve really tried. I need the feel of the book in my hands, turning the pages, rereading passages, etc.
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This is my favorite debate (not sure why) and it comes up every few weeks here at the forum. @Jolene_Blankley your answers echo my own!
My other reason for preferring ebooks is that at some point I’m going to need to move to a senior living facility - that, or expire in place like bad milk - so I’m pretty careful about not accumulating things I’ll have to deal with down the road (or others will need to deal with).
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They’ll have to pry my Kindle out of my cold, dead heads! It’s everything to me…easy-to-read type, I can carry my entire library in my purse, I can easily search previously read books when needed, and so much more. I read so much that I have to charge the battery daily, but that’s OK with me.
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Since the advent of e-readers in the 1990s, I have never looked back. Digital formats, e-book and audiobooks, are definitely my go-to for reading.
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Print, especially hardcover, is my preference, but I appreciate the convenience of ebooks if traveling and always have an audiobook going when I’m driving my vehicle. Their heft in my hands along with their smell and the nostalgia of reading library copies in childhood pulls me to physical books.
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