Rick Riordan Quotes

When I write, I'm still imagining a kid reading it on paper. I read e-books when I travel, but in general I still prefer holding an old-fashioned book in my hands. There's a special, tactile experience.

Will I switch to E-reading? I won't, mainly because I love the look and feel of books - particularly hardbacks. I love them enough to put up with the minor hassles of lugging them around and maneuvering them in my lap and having to set them aside while I eat my cheeseburger.

I read on my iPad. But honestly, I prefer print.

There's been a fragmentation of how the market functions, but I believe printed books are here to stay. People like the tactile experience, the smell of them; there's a great romance to them.

I often read nonfiction with a pencil in hand. I love the feel, the smell, the design, the weight of a book, but I also enjoy the convenience of my Kindle - for travel and for procuring a book in seconds.

I hate that not everything ever written is on iBooks. Man, I hate paper.

I have an affection for tangible objects, like books and pages, but people sure do seem to love their Kindles! We're definitely in the middle of a revolution that will determine how people find, read, and experience stories.

I like reading. I prefer not reading on my computer, because that makes whatever I am reading feel like work. I do not mind reading on my iPad.

I probably shouldn't admit this since I work in the tech industry, but I still prefer reading paper books.

I read actual physical books and have thus far avoided the electronic lure.

I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.

I read one chapter of a book and put it down. Thank God for Kindle.

Digital reading will completely take over. It's lightweight and it's fantastic for sharing. Over time it will take over.

I still enjoy the tactile sensation of holding a book. But when I need to read fast for work, I use the Kindle App on my iPad.

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks you can bang around.

Reading for me will be a combination of books, magazines, Tumblr and just kind of the Web in general on the iPad.

I think the definition of a book is changing.

I prefer to read print books. Maybe I'm just a little old-school. I do read e-books.

Articles themselves are condensed to narrow columns of text across 5, 6, 7 pages, and ads that are really distracting for the reader, so it's not a pleasant experience to 'curl up' with a good website.

I read actual books. It's cool to read on a Kindle if that's what you want to do, but for me, I like having a bookshelf.

To compare books to computers, I mean, computers are the way to get books. That is the medium for distributing text because it doesn't require paper.

I don't personally like the e-readers they've come up with so far. I don't fetishize books, but I do like that they're solid and unchanging.

There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.

E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later.

I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.