When I use a book I have much more control over it than an iPhone. It feels good when I hold it. I can turn the pages forward and backward. I have some sense in terms of “distance”, i.e. number of pages, paragraphs, sentences when I want to go back to a previous point. When I look at it I know its contents will not have changed between the times I read from it.
I can do the same stuff similarly on a computer or an iPad, but it’s cold and plastic. It has advantages like bookmarking and searching but pieces of paper and a pen can do the same in a book.
A book will not loose batters or power. A book will not update itself. A book in simple and does not have menus and functions you have to learn and remember just to use it.
A book does not beckon you away to something else like a software machine does: you have to put the book down to go to something else, it’s not as easy as a mouse button and a menu.
When I am reading for pleasure I think I will stick with a book.
