when to use paper book and when ebook?
and which you prefer and when?
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Jump to PostI prefer ebook because I can change the font size to whatever I like, because ebooks aren't as heavy as paper books, and because people don't chop down any trees to create ebooks.
Jump to PostIf you are moving a lot, you will hate those heavy boxes of paper books very quickly.
Jump to PostMy e-reader (on the laptop) allows me to add "sticky" notes. Having my computer reference books in eform allows me to use Search to find things more easily. Also, if I have to help a friend I can just load up my reference books on a USB stick and tote …
Jump to Postyes, you can add notes to an eBook. But try easily looking back through them in context...
Much easier to do with a dead tree than with a dead electron.
Jump to PostI maybe the youngest guy here posting, 16 years old, but I prefer paper because I hate staring at something with lighting for a certain period of time because it hurts my eyes. Certain stuff are worth reading on ebooks (biographies, novels, magazines, etc.) but not everything, espicially when it …
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