This is just my opinion, but I'm rather of against e-readers and e-books. It's actually one of the few things I feel really strongly about. There's something about pulling a book off the shelf, running your hand over the cover, cracking the spine and flipping the pages of the written word. The smell of old books. Seeing all of your favorite books line the shelves. Something you just don't get with e-books.
One of the main things I don't like about e-readers is you can't flip the pages. Maybe there's a button that digitally makes it look like you're flipping a page, but it's not actually flipping a page. With a real book, you get to see the progress you've made. How much you've read, how much you have to read. It's more rewarding. I tend to get sucked into it more too, if it's on paper.
And I'm also afraid that e-books will make bookstores go out of business. If everyone starts reading e-books, bookstores probably will go out of business. Just like the video stores. My family used to go into the movie store all the time, flip through the tables of dvds, pick out a new movie... I haven't seen a movie store in maybe a year. :/ I like supporting my local bookstore and if I can splurge, I try to buy it from there rather than on amazon for cheaper. And I just don't like reading off of a screen, no matter how much it looks like a book. I like to hold the paper in my hands. So much so, that I print out just about every work I review on YWS. So anyway, I am definitely pro-hardback. Well technically, I prefer paperbacks, but you know what I mean. Hard covers are fine, but paperbacks are usually smaller, lighter, cheaper and a little easier to read because they're more flexible.
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