I love an old fashioned book TBH.the whole experience , nothing like it IMO
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The other thing to consider is that we are running out of trees to make the paper. Literally. I live in the Pacific Northwest in the USA. Trees are cut down at an alarming rate and canāt grow back fast enough. With climate change, these trees are dying because its becoming hotter and hotter and we arenāt getting enough rain. Itās always been good for growing trees, but that is changing. We are having raging wild fires which are consuming millions of acres of trees every year now. Trees also produce the very air we breathe. So we cut them down excessively and we can no longer breathe. We also need trees to build houses. If we are to survive, we have to adapt.
Make books from recycled paper, that would do it!
I made a sculpture from recycled books.
Yes, it would, but I donāt know how one would do that. I like doing it this way. That way I can offer books for free as I feel the need. One of my books is free now. Itās about the crimes my brother committed. I canāt see myself wanting to make a profit from all that pain.
I use Wattpad on my iPad.
Very similar to iBooks
I like original books of course. Thereās nothing quite like having a real book with real pages in your hands BUT there IS definitely a place for ebooks. Those people who donāt have access to a local library, have minimal storage space or people with failing eyesight. One thing I love about ebooks is that you can adjust the letterhead to your own personal preference. You can read at night without the need for a lamp or light on since ereaders have built in lights. That way you arenāt bothering others who might want to sleep.
They arenāt a fire hazard.
There are pros and cons to everything.
I love my Kindle. I have a husband who used to go to bed early for early starts at work. Now I have my Kindle I can read in bed when he is asleep. Iāve had my Kindle for six years and discovered many new authors from Kindle readers on other forums.
Only real paper books I read these days are cookery books, all my fiction is free from amazon and my kindle and my phone are my preferred reading mediums.
Many reasons including not wanting to wear glasses in bed, to the free nature of them all. I donāt think some are good quality though if I find too many spelling mistakes I give up after a chapter or I find my blood pressure rising with the cheek of an author not even spell checking.
I find it much easier to stop reading Kindle books I donāt like. I used to borrow books from the library and would read books by the same few authors. Itās so much easier to use a Kindle on long train journeys.
I read mostly ebooks now, I download them free from BorrowBox and at odd times buy a Kindle book.
I have a Kindle Fire. I read most nights before going to bed.
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I have a Kindle for my ordinary night time reading, but do prefer āproper books ā the one that I keep in hardback.