Paperback books are totally acceptable, really just meant physical copies over EPUBs or PDFs on your phone or something.
Nothing necessarily wrong with those, but if you’re gonna read in bed I prefer paper - no blue light, notifications, and other stuff that detracts from sleep quality.
Ah I see, yeah it’s way too easy for me to ignore digital books on my phone in favour of YouTube videos and social media and is one reason I haven’t bought a kindle yet.
Also there’s a friction to a paper book that you just don’t get from a screen. It’s hard to describe precisely over text because I’m not a UX designer.
But the feel of paper on your fingertips as you turn the page, doing a small fold-down of a corner as a bookmark (sorry to those people who hate that, I only do it to my own books absolutely not to borrowed ones), seeing the progress you make, getting the lighting angle just right with a comfortable reading position, the weight of it in your hands and closing it when you’re done reading for now feels definitive.
OH and the intoxicating smell of a second hand bookshop that you KNOW you shouldn’t walk in because you’ve already got so many books waiting to be read but you’re always going to walk in because you can’t help but “have a browse”, then you blink and when your eyes open you find yourself at the till with two more books are in your left hand and your plastic hovering over the card reader beeping back at you.
Thank you for the suggestion. I have been reading more recently, just recently finished Neuromancer by William Gibson.
When you say hard copy books, do you mean hard-backs? Are paperback books acceptable?
Paperback books are totally acceptable, really just meant physical copies over EPUBs or PDFs on your phone or something.
Nothing necessarily wrong with those, but if you’re gonna read in bed I prefer paper - no blue light, notifications, and other stuff that detracts from sleep quality.
Ah I see, yeah it’s way too easy for me to ignore digital books on my phone in favour of YouTube videos and social media and is one reason I haven’t bought a kindle yet.
Also there’s a friction to a paper book that you just don’t get from a screen. It’s hard to describe precisely over text because I’m not a UX designer.
But the feel of paper on your fingertips as you turn the page, doing a small fold-down of a corner as a bookmark (sorry to those people who hate that, I only do it to my own books absolutely not to borrowed ones), seeing the progress you make, getting the lighting angle just right with a comfortable reading position, the weight of it in your hands and closing it when you’re done reading for now feels definitive.
OH and the intoxicating smell of a second hand bookshop that you KNOW you shouldn’t walk in because you’ve already got so many books waiting to be read but you’re always going to walk in because you can’t help but “have a browse”, then you blink and when your eyes open you find yourself at the till with two more books are in your left hand and your plastic hovering over the card reader beeping back at you.