eBooks vs. Paper books

Does any good idea ever go away?

For reading I prefer an actual book in my hands. I like the full experience of reading. Touching, seeing, and smelling the book. Maybe I'm strange, but I enjoy the tactile experience of reading a book. I don't get the same feeling of accomplishment from the page down key that I get from turning a physical page.

On the other hand, I like eBooks for reference. I do pen and paper role-playing. I try to buy all my manuals in paper and eBook versions. This way when I reading and researching outside of the game I can really dig into the books, make notes, etc. However when I'm doing a rules look up during game, I'd much rather hit Ctrl+F and type in what I'm looking for.

For reference purposes you really can't beat the searchability that a computer adds to a book. OTOH, for reading nothing beats paper.

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