What format are people reading now??

[rabidrage]

Are there more people buying print books? Kindle? Nook? PDF? There are so many options, and not everybody has the same means/device. What do most people prefer?

[Alex]

I like my kindle.

[Expletive Deleted]

Kindle, although I try to buy DRM-free whenever I can.

[Roquefort Raider]

These days I not only go for print, I even go for old print. My most recent purchases were all vintage books printed in the 30s and 40s.

I don't have a reader, but I do have a few books on my iPod. I use the iBook app for that. I also use the PDF format on my computer for the few issues of Alter Ego I bought online.

All in all, I think the availability of books in other formats than print is a nice complement, but no real challenger to its forebear. It's still a best of both worlds kind of thing right now.

[Inkthinker]

I've grown quite fond of my Nook for new releases, it's a little cheaper than hardback (sometimes a lot cheaper) and I don't have to go to the store. Hell, I get the book at midnight or thereabouts on the day of release. So in terms of digital format, I prefer EPUB whenever I can get it.

That being said, I still buy plenty of printed books. And I still prefer print for comics, with the exception being Weekly Shonen Jump, because A)it's a damned good deal at $25 for 52 issues at about 150 pages a pop, and B) digital is the only way to buy it now.

[Sabrina_Fried]

Well, due to my financial circumstances, I am borrowing more books from the library these days. When I do buy books though, I am buying digital whenever I can due to the same lack of storage space that pushed me towards digital comics. My Xoom has an app for pretty much any ebook format, so I am not picky about format.

[C. Earl]

I spend too much time looking at computer screens and hand held displays to the point where I'm seeing afterimages long after I shut them off. It's still print for me.

[Chiasm]

I have a kindle but I read far more dead tree books than e-books because I refuse to pay the prices they want for e-books. Until E-book cost at most 50% of dead tree versions I will not buy them. Therefore my kindle has become a device used to read classics and current books that are available in e-book form through my library (not many are as I'm finding out).

[MadMikeyD]

I prefer my Nook these days. Like Expletive Deleted mentioned, I like to get DRM-free when I can. That way if I change readers in the future I still have my books. I like the Nook because it's more portable than a lot of books, plus I get to carry a whole collection with me. That way, if I decide I don't like the book I'm reading, I can switch to another right away. I've read far more books in the 7 months I've had it than I did in probably the last 7 years.

[mudstar]

I just got a kindle fire today and am new to digital comics reading in general, but am considering converting mostly to digital for reasons of space and convenience. That said, where do most of you obtain your digital comics? I've got a comixology account started, but is that DRM-free as some have mentioned in this thread? It seems this is something I should know about if I'm getting into digital comics...

[sHayden]

I have a kindle, but like Chiasm I won't buy a book if I do not think the price is right. I still go to paper books from time to time.

[MadMikeyD]

I've got a comixology account started, but is that DRM-free as some have mentioned in this thread? It seems this is something I should know about if I'm getting into digital comics...

Comixology books can only be read in your Comixology account. They cannot be transferred from one place to another like DRM-free files. However, you can access your Comixology account from most devices with an internet connection - PCs, tablets, phones - so it's not such a big deal.

DRM-free allows you to download a file, transfer it to as many devices as you want, change the format, even alter the file itself. Very useful if you want to switch from a Nook to a Kindle, or vice versa, since they use different ebook formats.

[jediracer]

reading paper books or downloading audiobooks

[2 Up 2 Down]

Kindle 3, but the last 3 or so books I read have been physical copies

[Inkthinker]

Comixology books can only be read in your Comixology account. They cannot be transferred from one place to another like DRM-free files. However, you can access your Comixology account from most devices with an internet connection - PCs, tablets, phones - so it's not such a big deal.

...so long as nothing happens to ComiXology. That's the part that bothers me. DRM files aren't dependent on the good will and stability of a parent company, they're only reliant on an open format and the stability/availability of storage and data-readers.

(not that I'm above subscribing to DRM-controlled comics, I love my Shonen Jump Weekly...)