Hard copy book verses e-books
 

Received an e-mail from Martindale this morning concerning Miss Rosie Farmhouse Favorites. What beautiful scrap quilts! Being old school, I wanted the actual book to hold and look at and pick a quilt from, but they also offered an e-book. The e-book of course is downloadable (takes up memory)... but then you have to print out a pattern (paper and ink does cost money)...but no postage is added to the order. My question is...are you old school and want the book (pretty pictures and re-saleable on Facebook or E-bay) or would you take the e-book. Just curious, as to how many are like me. Yes, I ordered the book.

Book, no e-books for me. If I wanted to print something from the e-book (can that even be done?), I don't have access to a color printer.

I experimented with e books twice (magazines actually) One is on my ipad (archology) and I haven't finished it in three years, one (quilt) was in the cloud somewhere and I never saw it again, it needed a password that came with the magazine.

I see the one you want is under 10 dollars with free shipping. I'd go for the real thing if I was buying books still, which I'm not. (can't read the print)

I love books. Hate ebooks. Can't curl up on the couch with my coffee and balance a laptop at the same time.

Nothing to do with old school. I read e-books all the time but when it comes
to quilting I prefer paper to digital. If there are templates you definitely want
the paper. When you download templates, chances are they will very seldom
be the right size. Been there done that.

Also, you have to remember those e-books might not be available in a few
years (unless you can download and store then on your computer). They
will just vanish and you will be out of luck.

I'm the same as EasyPeezy- I love e-books but not anything instructional or with patterns etc.
My favorite e-books are fiction.

No ebooks, old school here. I want a book that I can hold, read, and reread!!

No E-books here, like to have in my hands

While ebooks have their place, quilting for me (including the books!) is a more hands on experience. I have vision issues and listen to audio books since I can't really read for pleasure any more (on line and I can enlarge/adjust brightness and such), but keep in mind with an ebook it isn't any bigger than the screen you choose to view it on. Maybe a computer monitor is big enough, but a tablet just wouldn't do in my opinion. And I just don't trust myself to take my tablet into my bubble bath with me :)

Being near Seattle, I have access to a great library system and get my audio books for free. You might look to see what you have locally to you and try one out (quilting or not) and see how you like it.

Have never done ebooks as I don't have a tablet of any kind. I much prefer a hard book, especially when it comes to quilting books.