Why the Hell are Ebooks so appealing!?

[melonmilk]

You can actually read books with your symbian cellphones! Very handy if you don't have pdas and you don't want to bring around your laptop to read. I've seen the program for java phones and I'm not really impressed..

[walom]

I only read Ebooks that are too expensive to buy in hard copy. But i find technical books very useful in digital form, because of the fast searching ability and copy past. I'm also very anal about the condition of my books, so when i'm able to have the book open on the screen I can flip back and forth from what I'm doing to the book, where as a hard copy I would have to have it laid out on the table next to me and that usually creases the spine.

[affenkopf]

I've got the Sony Reader - awesome piece of kit. Otherwise ebooks are just as the first poster described!

I got one too, with a Sony Reader (or any other e-ink device) reading ebooks is really not that different from reading normal books (only much cheaper).

[helsing]

e-learning is better, but i have no problem reading ebooks.

[Cheeseman1208]

e-learning is better, but i have no problem reading ebooks.

Same here, but I think that nothing can beat a normal book. I have a comfy leather chair and a laptop for eBook reading, so I find it quite enjoyable.

[AmpeD]

I like to have ebooks to supplement the actual book if im reading it in school. that way I can ctrl + f certain passages for quotations, and crtl f recurring symbols etc.
makes school work easier

[mera]

Portable & they take up less space

[DyNast]

Portable & they take up less space

Books are much more "portabe" in that case
You can take a book everywhere (most of the times, anyway) but you can't take your PC anywhere

[grimms]

Love ebooks. Nothing but endless knowledge 90% of the time. Love audiobooks as well but still prefer ebooks over them.

[shurato]

I used to listen to audiobooks all the time during my hour long commute to work. After changing jobs, and having a 10 minute commute, it doesn't work so well.