candycrushsoda:
I prefer to read on my device. I love reading and have downloaded so many books that will take me forever to finish. It's easily accessible too and less bulky.

jagugu88li:
My dear.....I am very old fashioned okay. You wouldn't believe it if I told you my cousin think I dont that they call me "Ancient". I guess it started after they failed to convience me to open twitter, instagram and facebook. No watsapp.....only bbm because my number can be used only for important things......atleast I think so infact.

Back to the question........As much as I have access to the internet, I have hard copies in my house, starting from CD's, books, photo albums and all. See my decor. I recycle everything.

WiredLeggings:
Definitely hard copies.

A true lover of books and reading will always prefer hard copies.

AnonyNymous:
Tbh you have more itivatuon to read when it's a physical copy

Reading on your phone or computer is convenient but you can get distracted easily, I have a set of 17 books I'm reading (that I should've finished a long time ago) but I get distracted easily by notifications, or even just a random 'itch' to do something else on my phone.

Ujuhot:
Soft copy is my preference, saves you the stress of following 'borrow borrow' gangs up to return your books intact

Adesina12:


We would have different perspective to this..

Ever before I have access to electronics my hands used to glue to novels

Since I started reading online I found it more convenient..on iPad, phone computer ooohhh gush

I am writing a report at the same time attending to your question at moment

So online is my preference....but it damages vision...that is the disadvantage

sarafa68:
both. But i prefer soft copy. Pls what is that Nora Robert all about? There was this geh who alway clutch it and, and she made me curious of it. How interested is it?

Jane1234f:
I go with Adeshina12,I love novels a lot,so I have been reading hard copies before I joined Nairaland,hard copies are the best because all the episodes are there waiting for you,so you will read at once, but with phone you will wait for episodes and the light from phone damages eyes too,my eyes has been paining me since,but one thing with phone is that it is fun and it is always like interactive class because of the comments but hard copy is the best

Presh555:
Having hard-copy has lots of benefits cos you can mark on it, you can fold, add to your library where others who don't have devices to read soft copies could gain access to and it does not affect your eyes unlike the soft copy.

On the other hand, I prefer soft copy cos it's more convenient for me. On my phone alone I have over a thousand e-books, imagine me carrying such as hard copies... I would need a trailer to carry them

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emperormossad:

My dear not always. I love hard copies, literally grew up with them. But the portability thing just irritates me sometimes. Couple of friends introduced me to soft copy novels and writeups few years back and I love it. It's negative effects on the eye is just one turn off amongst others, me with near-sightedness just try to manage sha. I use a dark-screen in the night to reduce its damaging effect on my retina (adobe Reader on BlackBerry). Another reason is that some novels I may be looking for may not have free soft copies except you purchase them @ a price. Especially the really good best sellers. I remember looking for a Frederick Forsyth novel like that (has to be day of jackals), went through various search engines, no show. Only got excerpts from the book. both soft and hard make sense sha, just that we lean towards hard cos most of us grew up with that reading style. I'm sure those who grew up in a tech-sound environment with easy access to the Internet from a tender age may think otherwise. Hope you slept well?

emperormossad:

My dear not always. I love hard copies, literally grew up with them. But the portability thing just irritates me sometimes. Couple of friends introduced me to soft copy novels and writeups few years back and I love it. It's negative effects on the eye is just one turn off amongst others, me with near-sightedness just try to manage sha. I use a dark-screen in the night to reduce its damaging effect on my retina (adobe Reader on BlackBerry). Another reason is that some novels I may be looking for may not have free soft copies except you purchase them @ a price. Especially the really good best sellers. I remember looking for a Frederick Forsyth novel like that (has to be day of jackals), went through various search engines, no show. Only got excerpts from the book. both soft and hard make sense sha, just that we lean towards hard cos most of us grew up with that reading style. I'm sure those who grew up in a tech-sound environment with easy access to the Internet from a tender age may think otherwise. Hope you slept well?

Themandator:



I would disagree with you on the availability of episodes point.... Soft copies or online reading is the best .. for instance, the numbers of verse of the Bible on a single app is mind blowing coupled with notes, dictionaries, referencing , compare And so much more.


Even the speak features of app makes every argument against it futile


You can't carry around the numbers of ebooks I have on my iPad if they were to be hard copies .... Like 3000

MrImole:



can I get some soft copies on politics, history and economy?