. asked me why I prefer paper books over a Kindle, thought I’d share them here too since he’s not the first to ask and I ended up having more reasons than expected. So, in no particular order
Conversation
– much easier to browse an actual book or go back and reference certain pages
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– diagrams in an ebook can be badly formatted and grainy, sometimes special characters or text don’t get rendered properly, which is rare in printed books
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– ebooks can’t be loaned out to other people (I like discussing books and having a copy makes it easier for interested friends to read it)
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– there’s something special in holding and reading a book that’s carefully designed and well made—especially special editions with beautiful cover design, illustrations, endsheets, typography, and paper quality
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– after awhile, it gets dull seeing everything, fiction and non-fiction, in Bookerly
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– and some books have a history of the typeface used at the back, which makes for fun trivia
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