Situations When to Read Electronic Books vs. Situations When to Read Physical Books

Back in my post on December 14, I said I'd make this post today. Additionally, I think I have made a post like this on my blog early on in 2021. However, I thought I'd give this post an update since I think the original post was published somewhere between January-March.

As I was thinking of how to go about this post, at first I thought about going by common situations and then suggesting what book format. However, when I tried going about it that way, it was a bit time-consuming, and there were too many situations where the book formats overlapped. As a result, I decided to go about it the other way: naming the book format and then listing the situation.

I included 5 situations for each book format that I thought were the most prevalent. However, there are always more situations for each. Additionally, while some of these situations do overlap, in many cases, all of these situations intersect with the different book formats depending on one's preferences.

5 Situations Where You Might Want to Choose Physical Books

1. At night before bed or in the mornings after waking up
2. At home with some free time to sit and relax
3. Waiting for something, such as a class, meeting, or appointment
4. In the car or bus, if you don't get motion-sick
5. At the beach or pool, just be careful of the water (this way, you're not risking your mobile devices)

5 Situations Where You Might Want to Choose Ebooks

1. Eating or drinking
2. Outside of your home (you can have the Kindle app or other ebook apps on your mobile devices)
3. In the car or bus, if you don't get motion-sick
4. Taking notes without writing in your books
5. If you want to read the same book in multiple situations, over multiple devices (most ebook apps will remember your place from device to device)

5 Situations Where You Might Want to Choose Audiobooks

1. Doing chores, such as laundry or dishes
2. Eating or drinking
3. Exercising
4. Walking, hiking, or biking (have headphones in this situation so you don't disturb others who are also doing this)
5. In the car, if you get motion-sick (audiobooks are also available for your mobile devices)