Odd man out...I prefer the E Book so I can just print out the pattern that I want and not have to store the entire book forever. I can always go back to it if I want to look for another pattern.

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Definitely real books and real magazines! There's nothing more pleasurable than reading in the bathtub and I can totally see myself dunking a Kindle were I to try using one in the tub.

When I worked in Yellowstone in 2011, my daughters gave me a Kindle to take with me. No way to take the dozens of books I read that first summer. It’s so thin, even in a protective case, & took up very little space in my motorcycle bag. If I want to read in the bath, I enclose it in a ziplock baggie & make sure it’s securely zipped. As for quilting books, I haven’t bought any. If I see one online I think I may like, I look for it in my library. Books I’ve looked through often only have 1 or 2 patterns I want to make, so I won’t buy them. I like to browse online, looking at a variety of quilts & patterns to find one I want to make.

Ebooks are great for reading but for quilting I want a real book! I was gifted a Kindle a few years ago and I really love it especially when I travel.

This has been such an interesting thread to me because I have been considering an e-book by Judy Martin. I really like her work. It is 128 pages. I was debating about printing it and putting it in a 3-ring binder. I do have a Kindle Fire and love it for general reading, catching up on email, etc. I have far to many books on shelves. I do like my quilting book library. I've about given up cook books in favor or just finding a new recipe on the internet. That, however, creates lots of scraps of paper with ingredients written on them. Technology is great and I love to participate, but there are limits. So, if I want to try this e-book it will cost me 64 pieces of paper and ink to print it. So, what to do...?

I've been a book lover my entire life and at one time had hundreds. However, they were taking over my house so I decided to really clean them out and just keep special books. I still have too many but it's probably my greatest love, besides quilting. I have a really hard time parting with them so I feel like I really accomplished something. I don't miss any of them so I guess I made the right choices.

This is my feeling exactly. I love to read books on my kindle because it can hold so many books, it's very portable, I can control the size of the print, and it provides the perfect light. But I would never get a quilting book on the kindle. I might look through one on a bigger screen, but I much prefer hard copy for inspiration.

SusieQOH I am the same as you. When we down sized and sold the house I kept only the reference type of books and very special ones. If you haven't missed them then it was a good decision.

I have never read a book on an electronic device. Just had eye surgery and must admit the computer is easier to read then paper at the moment. But there is nothing like a book in your hand, you can pore over it, go back and compare two patterns, grab it up and check if you remember right or what was that detail. For me there is not contest. I like the real thing.

I have a few on e-book, but no pattern books. I mostly buy hard copies

I was gifted a years worth of the MQSC magazines, Block, in e-book form. I love the gift and surprise but I prefer hard copies of quilting books and magazines. So much easier to thumb through!

I have a Kindle reader and enjoy using it for 'normal ' reading.