The Deep Space of Digital Reading
I find LED screens hard to read on for long periods of time, but I don&#x27;t have this problem with e-readers.<p>At this point, I think the attachment that people have to analog books is purely emotional.  There is no practical reason to have books over e-readers.<p>People mention things like the feel of the book, the feel of the paper in your hands, etc.  Well I don&#x27;t particularly like the way paper feels, particularly old paper when it starts to change color and get stiff and slightly misshapen.  But even if you do like that sort of thing, in the end that&#x27;s not what you&#x27;re after, you don&#x27;t read books for the feel of the paper or the smell or whatever, you read books because you want a good story or good information.<p>Yes some nostalgia books might be good for paper format for collectors or people who have preferences (like those people who like to vinyl instead of MP3s , but for ever-day, practical reading, digital readers are better in nearly every respect.  They are cheaper, they have adjustable fonts, you can make a backup copy of the book and store it in the cloud so you don&#x27;t have to worry about ever losing your book.  You can adjust the font and font size.  You can tap twice on any word and instantly get the dictionary definition.  If you have a kobo you can save we articles on the kobo for later reading.  It automatically keeps your page for you.  Bookshelves take up an enormous amount of room, having that in the space of a small notebook is an advantage.  It&#x27;s much more environmentally friendly.  By any measure e-books are better.<p>The only mildly sensible detraction I&#x27;ve seen on here is the inability to show off your bookshelf or share books, which frankly I don&#x27;t care about.  I don&#x27;t care about showing off to other people, that&#x27;s not why I read, and I can share books just fine without pulling it off a bookshelf and showing it.