I'm the happy owner of a Kobo reader and a Kindle as well as some hundreds of traditional books and I'm happy with all of them.
E Readers are easy to handle, are very useful when travelling or if you foresee a long waiting (e.g.: for medical analysis and/or an hospitalization) but you don't have so much space in your pockets, luggage or whatever. Moreover, if you like to read something in a foreign language you can easily access to the built-in dictionary whenever you find a word you don't know or whose meaning, at least the one you know, doesn't fit properly into the phrase; 9 times out of 10 (the missing 1 is often due to too much technical language and/or modern slang) that will solve the problem. Finally, e-books usually are priced much lower than the printed version. The main disadvantage has already been stated: they are not easy to scroll up and down at will.
Traditional books win the game whenever there are pictures, maps or the need to go back and forth through the text and last but not least, when you need to touch the paper and enjoy the scent of a printed book.
The main thing, just like in modelling, is having fun.
Andrea
E Readers are easy to handle, are very useful when travelling or if you foresee a long waiting (e.g.: for medical analysis and/or an hospitalization) but you don't have so much space in your pockets, luggage or whatever. Moreover, if you like to read something in a foreign language you can easily access to the built-in dictionary whenever you find a word you don't know or whose meaning, at least the one you know, doesn't fit properly into the phrase; 9 times out of 10 (the missing 1 is often due to too much technical language and/or modern slang) that will solve the problem. Finally, e-books usually are priced much lower than the printed version. The main disadvantage has already been stated: they are not easy to scroll up and down at will.
Traditional books win the game whenever there are pictures, maps or the need to go back and forth through the text and last but not least, when you need to touch the paper and enjoy the scent of a printed book.
The main thing, just like in modelling, is having fun.
Andrea
