Would you rather read eBooks or ones you can hold?
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Prefer the Kindle, so easy to handle - smashing 
Real books for me without question.
Kindle all the way, never thought I would say that but I love mine. Have tried a tablet to read on but didnāt like that it has to be a kindle for me.
Hi AutumnColour 
I have never had a Kindle but prefer paper books. I like the ability to flick back and forth between pages with easy and I think this is more achievable with paper.
You can do that with a kindle it also remember last page you read and can return to that on any device. So reading on the kindle it can open to same page on a tablet or computer too.
Although I love my kindle for travelling, at home I would always prefer the physical books.
I like both. I tend to buy physical books if there is a series Iām collecting (McCall-Smith or Pratchett for example) and Kindle for new authors that I wish to sample. Plus you canāt beat a Kindle for travelling.
I like holding things
I agree with you there Meg although the only physical books I have are various animals / birds, books that have to do with our sanctuary.
Other than that I love Kindle but donāt exactly own a āKindleā device. I canāt afford it 
Still though I read books on my phone with a 4" screen, ha ha! My hubby & I were very used to a 13" TV when we did watch TV. It never bothered us at all.
Soā¦my phone at 4" is no problem for me. I have over 100 books in my archive (storage) & working on 2 right now.
I take my phone to bed & set the background for black w/white letters as itās easier on the eyes in the dark.
FINALLY, Meg (whew!), I do find it hard to go back into the book & forth but maybe the real Kindle device is easier.
Luckily I donāt usually have a reason to jump back in the book but with animal/bird stuff I do.
I was lucky I got my kindle as a present but I find buying kindle books really cheap, often free so it would pay for itās self quite fast anyway.
I just love to go to the library and get real books, usually 3 at a time. I love Alex McCall Smith too, lovely man & good author.
If our library had any books I would agree but they are computer workshops now and coffee shops you rarely see a book in them here.
Thatās a shame! Nice to meet folk in the library, we have āaltered bookā workshops in ours and they have a competition for the best one each year.
Has to be a real book for meā¦and a cuppa with my feet up, heaven. I, also, like holding things, Rachelā¦ 
Er? Well you holds a kindle or you holds a book.
So which is it?
Yu is wot is called āambiguousā. I read that word in a book wot was on a Kindle - double whammy hold job.
Mine is definitely the audio book, mostly on account of my eyes get tired very quickly on the e/books, but also because if you have a good professional reader reading a book itās a joy to listen to it. I prefer the murder/mystery books.
It is not an either/or situation. I use an ereader (definitely NOT a Kindle) which I like very much but the last three books I have read have been hardbacks from the library.
The ereader is far more convenient it has about 100 books on it at the moment yet is smaller than a lot of paperbacks. Certainly when travelling I take the ereader but at home I donāt mind; the library certainly has a better selection of physical books than it does ebooks but when I buy a book it is invariably an ebook.
The ereader also has the advantage of holding audio books and music
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I HOLD ā¦ 
Not used my Kindle for ages, even though it comes on holiday with me. By the time Iāve read newspapers, magazines, surfed the internet, sight-seed, slept, eaten, watched telly, etc., Iāve barely had time to open the device.
I always take one or more physical books too, which yes, defeats the object, but if at the time I have a goodun from the library, it comes with me.
I could read my books on my iPad or my Asus tablet, too, but Iām always at the library. Unfortunately I donāt read books as often as Iād like to, especially if Iām disturbed by the neighbours and therefore canāt concentrate. I always have a paper, Daily Mail, Metro, Evening Standard, Mature Times, or magazine (Computeractive, Writing, anything free from the supermarket) on the go.