I’m curious–okay just downright nosy–but I got to wondering about readers’ buying habits with the advent of digital books. Has it changed? How much as it changed.
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I missed voting on books read — I think I’m reading more books, though I’m not exactly sure. I don’t read at the gym as much, so that cuts some time out. I also buy books all over the place, so perhaps should really have picked “other.”
Checking my records — GoodReads shows I read 455 this year and 406 last year. (I started reading ebooks late last year.) But my own record, for which I don’t usually record short stories that GoodReads has an individual books, shows 374 this year and 367 last year. So I’m not really sure I’m reading that much more page for page.
Heh – by “this year,” of course I meant 2011 and “last year” 2010.
I have a Nook and iPad but I still haven’t been able to let go of my love of printed books! I appreciate the convenience and space-saving that eReaders offer, but an electronic device doesn’t compare to the reading experience that real books offer (IMO). My biggest fear concerning the mass growth in popularity of eReaders is how it will affect the book industry as a whole. Paper mills, printing companies, book stores especially will one day become obsolete. Another case of people being replaced by machines!
There are upsides too, though, environmentally speaking. Or so I assume — I don’t know if anyone’s actually done a scientific comparison. But having books come to you potentially means less gas used and pollution made, as well as fewer trees cut down.
I personally love not just being able to keep books without worrying about *where* but having so many fewer books to *dispose of*. I used to have boxes around constantly, for trading and donating and passing on to friends, and it was really starting to be a tremendous burden.
Now that I think about it, my purchases have been 90% eBooks in recent months. I think that’s how it will be going forward.
Oh my Kindle is a blessing and a curse. A blessing to my reader heart who can now get books anytime I want without even leaving my bed….. and a curse….. on my wallet 😉
I find myself preordering a lot of books or buying them the day they come out a lot more often w/ my Kindle when preKindle days sometimes it would be a long while before I made it to Borders or Barnes to pick up a copy.
I love ereaders didn’t think I would but I was wrong.
I definitely buy more books than I did before I had a Kindle. I don’t think that I read more books, though. I’ve noticed that my TBR list just grows and grows, but I don’t have any more time to read. So… Sadly, I had to promise to myself that I wouldn’t buy or borrow any more books until it was a little shorter. Or I magically became independently wealthy and could read all the time… Whichever is first. 😉
I’m still buying more print books than ebooks. I agree it’s nice not having books lying around, but I still prefer print.
I have a Kindle and I buy books, love both.
The Kindle is much easier to travel with, always light and fits perfectly into any bag I carry. Plus, I do have loads of books to read at my finger-tips without the bulk.
I will not give up my paperbacks, mainly because I really like the feel of them in my hands. I enjoy the smell of a book, the feel of the new pages as I read it.
Easier for me to flip back in the story if I need to reread a passage for some reason.
Also the books have awesome bookcovers in ‘color’, which my Kindles doesn’t.
I can get a new Kindle with color by updating, but why bother when mine still works perfectly fine. I do enjoy looking at all the wonderful colors of bookcovers, almost like my own personal rainbow just for me. LOL!
I’ve had a Nook for about a year and a half and I just got a Kindle Touch for Christmas. I like reading on my Nook more than the Kindle right now, and I still buy a lot of print books. The best thing about Nook and Kindle is the ease in which I can take my library with me when I travel. A plus for Kindle is the number of free books available. The one think I’m not crazy about on Kindle is the location thing rather than pages.
I still read the same amount of books. It is a mixture of ebooks and print.
I’m a late convert to ebooks (only late last year) — and I realize and appreciate its value.
It’s great to have your entire library in one place and be able to read anything instantly. Plus, it saves me from worrying about clutter in my house.
Most of the books I buy are still print — but that’s because I have a friend that I pass on the books to when I am finished reading them.
I still cling to mainly print books, but I have recently started downloading a few ebooks to my Blackberry. I really like that I always have a “book” with me.
I still buy about eight new print books a month and about eight used books at library sales. In the year I’ve had a Nook, I’ve bought about 35 ebooks and several collections (two of Agatha Christie’s, 25 classic books, etc.). Walmart – only 12 miles away- has more romances than any other genre and charges less. I buy most new books there. If Walmart doesn’t carry the books I want, I purchase from b&n.com. I, too, enjoy holding a book. I also forget to read books on my Nook. I guess I need to get in the habit of reading on it, but I haven’t yet. My TBR books number in the hundreds.
Fun to see the results. I got a kindle from my husband for Christmas, it comes in handy when I get ebooks to review. But other than that I don’t use it. If I am buying a book I buy a print book, love reading a tangible thing. But it makes my reviewer life easier, so who knows maybe I will end up reading more and more on the kindle.
Personally, I don’t have my e-Reader yet, though I’d like to have one. I will forever love the smell of a bookstore, or how each book smells when I’m the first one to open it, shortly after being shipped fresh off the press.
There is a downfall to an e-Reader. For some of us who works on a computer all day, certain e-Readers begin to bother the eyes. They suggest everyone to change to the e-Ink. It’s easier on the eyes and you can read much longer. The e-Ink is close to reading an actual book.
I’d like to have an e-Reader, only for traveling purposes. I’m still hooked on the idea I can sit back and relax while reading an actual paperback book. 🙂
I have a Kindle, but I mostly buy print books. I have downloaded a lot of freebie books, it’s easy to take a chance on a new to me author that way. And it’s a good way to discover new favorites.
Don’t have one yet. I finally did download the Kindle app on my computer, but that really isn’t ideal. It isn’t portable and I dislike reading books on it.
I was enthused about e-readers when the Kindle Fire came out. I believe that is the reader I would enjoy having. I received several Amazon GC for Christmas and have won several more in various contests, so now I have more than enough to buy one…which I plan on doing over the next few days. I actually believe I’ll use it more when I’m traveling to watch Netflix & Amazon movies, visit favorite websites and read email. I still have 800+ paperback books waiting to be read and I’m always trading at PBS for more!
I will never read ebooks. I voted ‘nope, print forever’.
I love my nook. I now want a kindle fire or a kindle. They also have a lot of free kindle books out there. I love to read and do see myself reading more because I can take my nook with me. I also get to try out new authors especially if selling an ebook for a couple of dollars.
I love my print books but it’s getting so hard to read a series from start to finish without an ereader. I hate that and feel like I’m being forced to get one
I am reading more, now that ebooks are here. I still read print books–It’s great to have choices. But I do love it now that my library offers books for my Kindle. Interesting survey.
I also voted for print books forever. There’s just something about the feel and smell of a new book that I love. I’ve tried reading books on my daughter’s Kindle, but it’s just not the same. I hate to think that with the popularity of e-readers, that one day print books will no longer be available. I totally agree with “Isalys” comment on how e-readers will affect the paper industry as a whole.
I have a Kindle and an iPad but for ebooks I actually read them more on my laptop than those two devices. I also can’t stand to read anything longer than a novella on the Kindle.
However, I still love print books. I love the covers, the embossing, the feel of them. I can’t even see the covers in color on the Kindle, or even see them AT ALL without specifically looking for them.
Actually, I remember books solely by their covers which is probably why the Kindle doesn’t work so well for me.