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Originally Posted by Rainger99
I prefer reading a physical book. Probably because I have been doing it for about 60 years. However, if I can’t get the physical book and the choice comes down to not reading the physical book or reading the digital book, I have no problem going digital.
And I love being able to define a word by clicking on it. No going to a dictionary and looking up the definition with digital books!
I have checked out many physical books that often have mysterious stains, etc. I am always reminded of the Seinfeld episode The Bookstore.
Also, I have hundreds of books on my iPad. Complete works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Doyle, etc., and many other books. Makes it easier to travel with books.
When digital books first came out, I thought it would revolutionize libraries. You could have a digital library and not have to pay for shelf space. Unfortunately, digital books are almost as expensive as physical books.
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Many of my friends are into the digital format, but I just cannot get on with it.
My formal education practically stopped from the age of 12 after my father died.
I became the man of the house, the local odd job kid, paperboy, greengrocers help, and bunked off school a lot, just to earn a few bob, and help put food on the table.
Post-war Britain was not the place to be poor, unlike today, when not having the latest iPhone is classed as being near the poverty line.
Our local library became my main source of education, and escape.
I devoured books, and still do.