Do you believe paperbooks are making a comeback or will they disappear…
Do you believe paperbooks are making a comeback or will they disappear…
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Do you believe paperbooks are making a comeback or will they disappear…
I dont own a digital book .. paperbacks#1
They are getting popular again I have started reading them more as if I use my kindle for too long I get headaches
I believe that there is room for reading in all forms and I own books in them all.
Love my Kindle, but I do like the larger soft paperbacks.
When digital becomes more expensive than paperbacks, paperbacks will become the bigger seller.
I can only read on paperback
I don’t own any digital books. I used to be all about the hardbacks. They’re nicer. But a hell of a lot more expensive. So I switched to paperback for the majority of my books.
I read paper books, I buy from charity shops and swap with friends. I did used to read on a kindle but I had trouble sleeping so I went back to books….
I’m 58, & I don’t see physical books going away in my lifetime. Or beyond.
I saw digital books for sale at my local Walmart along with a few physical books so not sure if that’s an indication about physical books in general and if they will eventually disappear. I really hope not though as much as I love digital books I also love physical.
I have read that paperback books are popular despite reading devices. I own two kindles – goodness knows why – I do not like them.
Used to have an e-reader lent it to someone and I’m glad it never came home .. real books every time for me! ???
I like hardcover or the larger size paperbacks. I can’t read the tiny print in small paperbacks
I read before bed and if I read digitally it stimulates my brain and I can’t sleep. So a paper book is definitely for me
I think most people buy ebooks if/when they are cheaper, or sometimes for convenience. I have never taken an ebook out of a library, have you?
75% of my personal reads I get from the Library are e-books. Free books that I can get from home.
I know you can get cheap to free e-books but the quality of book are usually not the best.
Deidra Potapa So, you don’t have to go out of the house.. that’s the convenience aspect I mentioned.
I love reading a paperback book. I have trouble concentrating on the kindle.
I don’t like them. I have to be too gentle and no matter what.. I always make a mess of it. I love my kindle.
I love reading physical books (the smell!) and I don’t want to picture any kind of future without them.
Tea books allllll day!
Sorry what are Tea books
I meant real****
@MaryKate haha gotcha..i was like is this a England thing.
@Sandie no no just an auto correct thing
The owner of the local bookstore said that the amount of real books being sold is rising.
I love the lager size paperbacks. So much easier to handle.
I actually prefer paperbacks.
They certainly never went from.my shelves.
Love paperback and hardcover books
Love paperbacks
Love paperbacks and don’t even own an e-reader, although I have the kindle app on my iPhone just to sample books I might be interested in before buying the paperback
Work in a school and students prefer books to ebooks
I think paperbooks will always be around. Many people still prefer real books to reading on a Kindle or other device. I hope so anyway. I really really miss all the bookstores…Waldenbooks, Brentano’s, Border Books…and I know there were others. I hope Barnes and Noble will always be around.
Team Paperbacks!!!!!
I didn’t know paperbacks had been affected
I still love physical books. I like my Kindle, but nothing beats browsing in a bookshop!
Love paperback
I believe there will always be paper books. At least I hope so as I prefer reading a physical book.
I think books will never disappear!
I much prefer paper backs I like the feel in my hands.
Plus the satisfaction of how many pages you have reading by the big chunk in your left hand ?
I don’t think paper books will ever disappear! If you look at the current trend, paper books are growing more and more popularity! Barnes and Noble is flourishing and Target has the largest selection of books that I have seen in a department store in ages! Or at least mine does…even Walmart is starting to get quite the book selection again!
I can categorically say paperbacks sales continue to increase
I didn’t know they went away. I’d much rather hold a book in my hand than a tablet.
Love paperback. Not the same reading off an electronic device
I love reading books
Kessel, me too
I’ve only read two e-books. I read and prefer printed books, as does everyone I know amongst my family, friends and acquaintances that are readers. They’re not going anywhere.
My daughter will not read digitally and I kind of love it! I was a late adopter with my Nook, but I am addicted now. Not her, she even made the school get her text books rather than the digital version that they went to in recent years
I like both ebooks and paper books. I buy more ebooks these days but that is purely because they don’t take up shelf space. I have no intentions of ever going to just ebooks and I don’t think they will ever completely take over either.
Love physical books. I hate ebooks. I love being able to turn a page not push a button or slide my finger.
Paper books don’t need to be charged. Some people like to read in the tub.
I don’t think so. I work for a bookstore and we had a labor day sale that lasted 4 days. A HUGE amount of books were sold. I was amazed and happy.
Disappear. Save the trees, get a Kindle! 🙂 I think hard copy books will survive as a form of art: beautifully illustrated, heavy gorgeous volumes.
Fairly certain that they never went out of fashion.
Some people prefer hardcover, some prefer paperback.
Some can only afford paperback..
if they ever made a universal decision to get rid of paperback there would be uproar..
I think paper back books will be ok for a long time. Seeing as how you can’t rely on technology either due to a low charge or it shuts down.
Slowly making a comeback due to cheaper prices.
I think they’ll still be around. It’s a matter of preference. I loved to read books as a kid. Could never find enough room to store them all. Some people prefer to hold an actual book in their hands. They like the feel of the paper and love the thrill of turning actual pages. I was unable to read for several years because of an eye issue and just couldn’t read that tiny print. I bought my first kindle a couple years back and was over the moon happy that I could change the size of the font and read again! I love my kindle. It let me enjoy reading again.
It only takes one generation that grows up with ebooks to make it the norm.
So true!
I don’t think books will ever go out of style.
I think printed books qill become thing of the past… Can’t fight progress…
Whatever happens, I’ll still have my own collection. It would be too dystopian to have all electronic books.
I do not like paperback books, but sure they will still be around forever
Making a comeback? Is there a brief period of recent history of retired paperbacks that I missed ? I must be living under a paperback for ages if i missed this bit!
Paperbacks are Meryl Streep honey…they ain’t going nowhere…and they never went anywhere!!!
Ebooks/audio are an *additional* format, not replacing anything.
I didn’t even realise that they went somewhere……..
Lol same ?
I do not like hardbacks, too heavy
I love my Kindle Paperwhite. I have over 200 books on a device the same size as one book. I can change the size of the font, I can bookmark and highlight and easily find them later. If I think of a book I want I can look it up, buy it, and have it downloaded in just a few minutes. Kindle always has hundreds of books on sale for less than $3 and I’ve discovered authors I never would have because I’m more willing to pay $1.99 for an Ebook by an author I dont know than the same book for 7.99 in paperback. But I really miss browsing in a bookstore. All of the bookstores in my area have closed and the closest we have to a bookstore now is half of one side of an aisle at Wal-Mart. The thrift shops are always picked clean. The closest bookstore is 2 hours away and it’s a chain I don’t care for. Kindle is the best and pretty much the only option for me.
Paperbacks may seem outdated to you but a lot of book lovers prefer thrm. The feel of the pages and the physical copy excites them. As a writer I always offer that option.
My mom never went to library, always bought, a germ thing
Well I personally have a kindle that I never use. I can’t get enough of physical books
I love paper back books 🙂
Disappear. If for no other reason than convenience.
Paperbacks for life.
My mom was a getmaphobic didn’t take books out from library