I agree with both the video and the reading's sense that e-books are certainly convenient, however, if i'm going to do any extended amount of reading, typically, (and I don't think this applies just to me personally) a physical book is preferred. It's why e-readers like the kindle have gone through such trouble to attempt to replicate the look of a physical page of paper with a digital screen. People enjoy it. There's just something to be said about owning, and finishing a hard-copy of a book. It can even be used as a display of art, if it's stylised enough (which seems to be what the publishers are going for these days). However, I think that the debate of whether to buy physical or digital copies depends on what kind of book you're going to get. If it's a fiction/non-fiction novel, then I'd rather have the hard-copy. If it's a textbook, I'd rather it be digital, as lugging those around is a total pain and is incredibly expensive to buy. If it's a dictionary (especially a translation one), I'd much prefer it to be digital, purely for convenience sake. And then, there's a scenario I've been in recently while reading a Manga in Japanese, where I've been able to split one half of my iPad screen to read the manga, and the other half to have the dictionary app open at all times to be able to draw and look up any kanji that I don't know. The ability to use my iPad as a tool while reading this has been absolutely invaluable. I can't even imagine how miserable an experience that would have been 15 years ago.
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