Depend on reading goals

if one want to deep understanding, the book is better

regards

Raad

Paper by far! The feel of paper helps the learning experience.

It would depend on the situation I find myself in and the form of the information available in that stream of time.

Personally, I read paper books that are not posted online. However, if the books are available electronically, I prefer them because of convenience and easiness to get them with my technological devices.

I think new Generation is more towards Computers and Electronics but Paper books are must to Pass or for Distinctions. One can not get all the information from Electronics or Computers Paper book read is must.

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I prefer hard copy as it helps in deep learning. I prefer to read soft copy if I’m traveling or in waiting area.

Eyestrain and inability to sleep at night. (Electronic backlighting of digital screen).

Electronic books are great for exact word searches and getting quick definitions of unfamiliar words encountered while reading. But if you just have a vague sense of what you are looking for in a book (esp. one you've previously read), riffling through the pages of a paper book is easier, quicker, and more successful than scrolling or than word-searching based on guesses.

I prefer hard copy.

Although e-books may have some new advantages, like fast availability for myself as well as for the scientific community, or searching for terms in the text (which is sometimes very important), the reading pleasure still lies in the paper book. Browse" through individual chapters is also easier and more enjoyable.

However, the main reason for the high esteem for the paper book is its cultural value. Every book that I can take from a bookcase and open is part of the great culture that will be preserved - at least for a few centuries. They have a long life and even in archives or as a cultural heritage inherited by the younger generation, they remain valuable.

E-books are dead data when I have read them, their permanent archiving is at great risk. An IT disaster can destroy most of it.

@Hein Retter

RE: E-books are dead data when I have read them, their permanent archiving is at great risk. An IT disaster can destroy most of it.

Yes, another Carrington event is a real possibility:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859

That's why important electronic texts should always have a hardcopy backup.

RE: Every book that I can take from a bookcase [...]

For me, a bookcase functions as a mnemonic filing system of where I have been, bookwise. Even if I can't remember a title or author, I know where to find the book on my shelves.

Hi,

Electronic book is more useful, because it is easy to use so can the information to be copped and passed easily than paper books do.

Also electronic book can be obtained easily more than paper one.

Good luck

Hi,

If you want to read not other use, so yes paper is the best for eyes health.

Best regards

It is better to read both and compare between them which is useful.

Personally, i prefer a paper book if i want to read the whole book but if i want to make a speed reading, electronic book will be better in this situation

n my opinion, the books are better than the electronic sources in most cases, especially when the depth of research, electronic sources are useful when we want to take information to install in one of the research that we want to publish.

I'm going to join the camp that say.. 'it depends... situational'. However, at the same time, I absolutely love a book that has been truly READ! Notes in the margins.. underlined words.. highlighting (to a degree) and dog eared pages. I was given a book by the wife of a friend who had passed. The book was EXACTLY as I described above.. with an added bonus.. My friend had written a note about me in the margin of a section related to finding semi-precious gemstones while out hiking... it said.. "Les would have NEVER missed this.. he's got eyes like a Hawk!". Love that book..

In my view it entirely depends upon your habit. If you were taught since your school to hadle tablets or kindle , then ofcourse it would be easier for you to use e material but if not then hard bond book .

Dear respected Saif Hosam,

I find easy to read paper book than electronic book if few books are to be read at a time. Both if I need to consult many books at a time I found electronic books very easy. So it depends on the situation and also device constraints as per the electronic book.

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Kifilideen.

It depends on the prevailing situation around me. Conclusively, I prefer hard copy than electronic books.

I prefer and use both, it depends on the type or kind of topics or information you are looking for.

It is best to read a paper book or electronic book?

Think it depends on numerous factors intermixed e.g. media type availability of the reading materials, size or quantity of the reading materials that need to be carried around, reader's preference & also your job occupation - e.g. some people working in IT field don't like electronic book in order to balance their eye-sight since they face computer screen day & night. Whereas some IT folks prefer electronic book for convenience to search through / count certain key words etc.

I prefer a book for a long story, an electronic book for short stories. Staying long on top of a computer/laptop will make me dizzy later.

I always prefer a paper book.

It depends on the mood I am

I think it is a matter of individual preference. I prefer reading Electronic Books.

Paper is paper - a beautiful thing. But 10,000 books in one pocket - that's wonderful too :-))

I always love a paper book to read, but to do the electronic lectures for students, I need electronic book.....

It is depend on the situation and person to person. My view is the generation Y prefers E-books because they have a tendency to move with the technology a lot.

As per availablity both are best.

ebooks (and e.g. pdf datasheets) are great as reference documents when working with them, as they are usually searchable.

OTOH, when it comes to memorizing some written content for a longer time, printed paper is by way superior. At least for me.

Whether it is about paper giving a larger "picture" than some screen display, whether about being easily (and way faster than with the ebook) able to flip pages, I'm not sure. But my experience is that printed material simply "sticks longer".

Environmentally speaking ebooks are preferable. This is because the more paper we produce the more trees die.

However, for critical analysis I prefer paper books.

thank you for all

Electronic book is more useful, because it is easy to use so can the information to be copped and passed easily than paper books do.

Also electronic book can be obtained easily more than paper one.

Good luck

thank you dr. Khulood