I have a Kindle. I have an iPad and an iPhone - both with iBooks and the Kindle app. I have ebooks stored ready to read so why am I being drawn back to paper?
Ebooks were great when my daughter was a newborn, the whole Jack Reacher canon got me through her constant feeds day and night. The convenience of ebooks is definitely the main reason to choose them, after all - there is nothing worse than finishing your book on the tube and then having to lug it around with nothing else to read. With a Kindle (or similar) you can have most of your library with you.
I also love the fact you can get the classics for free and yet free books are how I've fallen back in love with paper. Since being on maternity leave money has been tight and I began taking my daughter to the library to choose her own books (no one is too young to start 'reading'). Whilst there I impulsively got out books for myself (using my library card for the first time in three years). And I'm hooked.
So, despite the convenience of ebooks I'm back on paper for the following reasons:
- the feel of the paper
- being able to read in the bath (I had a dream about my iPad and the water meeting)
- I like being able to flick back easily to find a reference
- a good book should be passed on, and this is the main thing I have missed during my flirtation with ebooks: instead of passing a book on I've just had to give a recommendation
- I want books on my shelves so my daughter can discover books I loved with ease.
However, I am grateful people enjoy using their ereaders as this is how I make my living through book sales. And I think I'll always take an ereader on the tube.
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