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E-books and e-readers all the way! All my teenage years I was reading on a e-reader.
I broke mine couple of months ago and I will probably buy an replacement with my next paycheck.
Osmosis
Paper, outdoors.
Paper. I don't fuck with pdfs and audio books are a crime against nature
Audiobooks all the way. I'm a crafter so I like to paint, knit, crochet, cross stitch or quilt while listening. Not possible with tangible books. I've listened to the whole Wheel of Time series and all of Brandon Sanderson's cosmere novels. 
My wife is not only exactly the same way- big into crafting and listening to audiobooks while doing it, she also listened to the whole Wheel of Time series while crafting!
I envy you that you can listen and do the other things at the same time, tried audiobooks while doing other things and I end up rewinding a lot of times.
I tried audiobooks but I couldn't last more than 30 minutes without my mind wondering somewhere else.
Started with physical books in the 90s now I read ebooks on my phone. Hoping to buy a dedicated ebook reader someday.
You can buy an old Kindle for like $20 from eBay. Id argue the older ones are better. They are more easily hacked/jailbroken to remove advertising.
Since the word "read" doesn't actually mean anything these days, I just read the movies on Netflix.
Do you at least read subtitles?
I will die on this hill: listening is not reading. And I love listening to audio books when I have a long drive or something. ereader is what I use 99% of the time though.
Why not out of curiosity?
Reading:
n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic
message; "his main reading was detective stories";
"suggestions for further reading"
I don't think one is better than the other. Just listening is different than reading. It uses different parts of the brain.
Is reading aloud by someone else still not reading?
I would argue that you are still understanding a written message but the delivery medium is different.
(Wired vs wireless analogy but data is the same)
I can at least agree that audio dramas are different than reading.
If someone reads it to you, they are reading. If you're listening to them read it, you're listening.
I think there is a similar effect with speed-reading v slow-reading. Slow reading gives me time to mull over and digest what I'm reading, while speed can be good to skim for information.
I'm a book sniffer. Give me your yellowed pages, your dimpled and pawed over covers, your cracked spines, your taped up paperbacks, your pages coming undone, I'll hold it all together, I don't care. I actually like it
YESSSSS
Love paper books, but audiobooks have converted me. I love being able to do chores and listen to a story
I have an executive function disorder, so while reading my mind likes to work on things that are not related to what I'm reading.
So books/eReaders don't really work for me, it's just far too difficult to actually get through something. So I stick to audio books.
Though, audio books tend to put me to sleep.
Paper.
Ebooks are a tolerable alternative if there is no paper available.
I'm a fairly fast reader so audiobooks are way too slow paced for me and I don't like when they attempt to put emotions into their readings it always comes off as too inauthentic.
But that's just me, I'm a picky reader.
I also prefer paper but I've been doing audiobooks lately because I can still do chores, garden, or exercise while "reading."
I'm also picky about narrators. There are audiobooks I really want to listen to but just can't enjoy them because the narrator sucks. That said, if you're into sci-fi, I highly recommend The Expanse audiobooks and novellas narrated by Jefferson Mays.
I want the physical book for the shelf but I read the ebook on my smartphone. Way more convenient for me.
I'd prefer paper, but having moved so many times I just can't bring myself to own hardcopies unless I know someone who would like the book. So it's E-reader unless driving, then audiobook.
Ebooks. I like to listen to music while reading and Morgan Freeman doesn't narrate enough of my preferred texts.
Paper for sure. For a novel, I just find an E-reader too impersonal. A paper book is much more cosy.
Also, if the book's ending sucks, I can throw it across the room. I did that when I read Crichton's Sphere.
I also can't do audiobooks. My attention just drifts too much and I miss important things. I do listen to radio dramatizations though. The BBC does lots of them and many are on the Internet Archive.
I love audiodramas! Do you perchance have a curated list of them?
I do not, sorry, but the Internet Archive has a vast number.
This person put together links to a lot of the BBC drama programming, but not all, and there's Canadian and American programming too (much less so though).
Edit: forgot the link- https://archive.org/details/folksoundomy_bbcradio
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