Reading in bed on an Ipad or Kindle is honestly much better than reading physical books. You don’t have to deal with holding pages open or awkward angles and your hands can stay relaxed instead of constantly gripping the book all the time. Page turning on an Ipad, Kindle requires much less movement than flipping through real pages making the experience smoother and less distracting. There’s also no need to turn on a bright overhead light and bother anyone else in the room especially your partner only a small lamp in the distance is usually enough.
The builtin lighting, screen light makes it easy to read comfortably late at night without much strain and if you’re reading nonfiction, you can quickly use the internet to do further research without leaving your bed. I think it feels more convenient and effortless making it easier to enjoy reading before sleep. Also, I have a lot of ebooks in pdf format. Ebooks tend to be cheaper and you can even find free .pdf of older books online. The screen brightness on an Ipad can be adjusted to be very dim and dark mode makes reading at night even more comfortable. I have Ipad pro 12.9 I mainly use it for reading.
Late at night is the only free time I have for reading because I have many things to do during the day and not having to hold a book all the time while reading in bed is a game changer for me. Curious if anyone prefers Ipad .pdf file ebooks over physical books for bedtime and why?
by Delicious_Maize9656
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I mean, it’s all personal preference. It matters not the method of consuming knowledge, it’s the drive to learn and consume that knowledge that’s powerful.
I think side or edge lighting on kindle is much better than anything iPad. I think physical books are best for the beach and pool where an iPad is unusable. At the end of the day I feel like I can fall asleep with a kindle and not worry about the book or device unlike a real book or iPad
totally get what you mean about the hands being free thing. switched to reading pdfs on my tablet a few years back and its way less akward than trying to prop open a paperback while lying on my side. plus you can adjust the brightness so its not blinding you right before sleep
I prefer phone, kindle or a physical book. iPad is a little too bulky for me. I love my kindle matcha, I also enjoy the size of my phone as well. There’s definitely a time and place for a good book. Sometimes I crave the weight and size of a book. The flipping of the pages, underlining words, scribbling comments on the margins.
There’s definitely a time and place for all three for me.
Staring at an iPad screen before sleeping, in a dark room, is terrible for your eyes and for your sleep quality.
And then there are audiobooks lol
Kindles and other e ink screens are fine and have a place for me. Although Amazon is about to brick my kindle which is otherwise working perfectly. I won’t be able to read a bunch of books I bought since 2012, but I can read all the ones I inherited from my parents and grandparents – so that’s an argument against the tech solution!
As for iPad, I find nothing less relaxing than looking at a digital screen in bed. Awful experience in my opinion. And I find the light of a phone/iPad glowing and moving in someone’s hand a lot more distracting than a nice stable bedside lamp.
Ipads or any time at tablets at night make it impossible for me to fall asleep.
So I either stick with a print book or my e-ink kindle.
I don’t understand how your hands are free. Are you laying in your stomach with your face 3 inches away? Love the kindle, but I have to hold it unless I’m sitting up and have it propped on something so I don’t bend my neck too badly. Reading on an iPad just does a number on my eyes. I don’t love having to hold the pages open in a physical book but other than that I love the feel and it makes my eyes relax more.
Yes. I have an arm that holds my iPad in front of me. I don’t read paper books anymore.
I enjoy reading ebooks on my Kobo before bed, specifically because it is e-ink and not a phone/iPad/computer screen. I can turn the light very low, which is nice. PDFs aren’t the greatest file type for it though, epubs work better.
I agree with you, e-books are much easier to deal with in bed. Thing is, if I find a special book I like to have a physical copy on my shelf. I wish it were like buying a DVD, where they include a digital copy when you buy a hard copy. I understand this sentiment is mostly shared with other people my age (gen x).
I do this because I don’t like having multiple devices. I use my phone for 99% of reading.
A free hand for ….. activities!