Paper or Plastic, which is your favorite? (Electronic or hard copy?)

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I can become recollected much better with paper. It doesn’t trigger any of my computer habits. So if I had to choose, paper is better for spiritual reading.

But I have stopped using the paper, even though I have plenty of it. Why? The computer is fast for looking stuff up and searches, it knows Hebrew better than me (so do all the dusty tomes on my bookshelf, though), it keeps track of things so much better than ribbons (thinking of the Divine Office), one can increase the text size at will, it is so light to move about, one can print or send bible verses to people with a click, it is easy to prepare lesson plans from it since you can cut and paste, one can compare different parts of the bible with each other so easily, or different versions, etc. It comes with a price, though (see first paragraph).
 
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I can become recollected much better with paper. It doesn’t trigger any of my computer habits. So if I had to choose, paper is better for spiritual reading.

But I have stopped using the paper, even though I have plenty of it. Why? one can increase the text size at will,.
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This is a big plus for me! I have been waiting in vain, since 2006 for Ignatius Press to publish a large print RSV-2CE, will it ever be published ? 🤷 who knows? But I have the RSV-2CE on my ipad and can make the print size as large as I want. It also has the Study bible notes attached to it. And did I mention that it is also an audio NT!!! Oh I love that plastic at times!
 
CalCatholic said:
This is a big plus for me! I have been waiting in vain, since 2006 for Ignatius Press to publish a large print RSV-2CE, will it ever be published ? 🤷 who knows? But I have the RSV-2CE on my ipad and can make the print size as large as I want. It also has the Study bible notes attached to it. And did I mention that it is also an audio NT!!! Oh I love that plastic at times!
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Manufacturers! They have a million versions of a product and yet don’t carry the one that would be useful! I’ve got the same waiting issue with an 8in version of my favorite pan. 😛

What, I ask, is so exceptional about a large print bible or an 8 in pan?

Have you tried those rectangular pieces of plastic that you drop over a page of a book and the text is magnified by 2x?
 
Pug said:
Manufacturers! They have a million versions of a product and yet don’t carry the one that would be useful! I’ve got the same waiting issue with an 8in version of my favorite pan. 😛

What, I ask, is so exceptional about a large print bible or an 8 in pan?

Have you tried those rectangular pieces of plastic that you drop over a page of a book and the text is magnified by 2x?
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No, I have bought a large or giant print version of all the versions that I use the most except the RSV-2CE.
 
CalCatholic said:
No, I have bought a large or giant print version of all the versions that I use the most except the RSV-2CE.
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Well, plastic (computers) to the rescue! 🙂 Sorry you can’t find what you want. :o Large print is nice, bibles and missalettes.
 
A book when I’m home, and a Kindle when I’m away from home.
 
patrick457 said:
Plastic paper. 😃

Nah. Nowadays I tend to search the net whenever I need to look something up in the Bible, but when it comes down to it I would still prefer holding an actual book in my hands. It’s not just Bibles I’m talking about here: all the newfangled thingies make things easier for us today, but that’s the thing - they make things too convenient. Maybe I’m just old-fashioned, but I’m a bibliophile. E-books can never replace hard copies.

But hey, what about audio? 😉
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I’m with you. For searching and studying, eBooks are the way to go. But to just sit and read, nothing beats paper. I’ll always want a paper Bible around, no matter how good the eVersions get.
 
CalCatholic said:
Nice try Russ :cool:, that was the best answer yet that tried to sneak around the original question; Paper ****or ****Plastic?
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I wasn’t paying attention – first time that’s ever happened to me. 🙂

OK, paper without a doubt. No need to find an electric outlet to recharge, and it won’t get old and wear out to the point where it refuses to accept a charge, and a book won’t stop working if I accidentally put my full weight on it – as my old Kindle did two years ago when I was a hospital bed, leaving me with nothing to read for the rest of my stay.

How I longed for a real Bible that night and decided then and there that I would never trust a device as my main reader!

I have had a half dozen computers die and suddenly become trash over the years, and have thrown away a number of hand held devices (including the Apple Newton, Sony Clie and Palm Pilot) because they either died or became obsolete and no longer able to connect to my latest computer. But next to my computer is a sturdy old Bible my Grandma gave me in 1967. Nothing affects it.
 
Russ_of_Tokyo said:
I wasn’t paying attention – first time that’s ever happened to me. 🙂

OK, paper without a doubt. No need to find an electric outlet to recharge, and it won’t get old and wear out to the point where it refuses to accept a charge, and a book won’t stop working if I accidentally put my full weight on it – as my old Kindle did two years ago when I was a hospital bed, leaving me with nothing to read for the rest of my stay.

How I longed for a real Bible that night and decided then and there that I would never trust a device as my main reader!

I have had a half dozen computers die and suddenly become trash over the years, and have thrown away a number of hand held devices (including the Apple Newton, Sony Clie and Palm Pilot) because they either died or became obsolete and no longer able to connect to my latest computer. But next to my computer is a sturdy old Bible my Grandma gave me in 1967. Nothing affects it.
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Amen!
 
A written Bible needs only enough light to be read. A computer needs electricity, an operating system, a program that is compatible with the OS, and knowledge of the conventions of the program. As for paper, most modern paper has a high acid content, meaning that the pages will turn brown and brittle in just a couple of decades. In the best of possibler choices, give me vellum. Barring that, a Bible with large margins for notes, and thick, acid-free paper.
 
Russ_of_Tokyo said:
I wasn’t paying attention – first time that’s ever happened to me. 🙂

OK, paper without a doubt. No need to find an electric outlet to recharge, and it won’t get old and wear out to the point where it refuses to accept a charge, and a book won’t stop working if I accidentally put my full weight on it – as my old Kindle did two years ago when I was a hospital bed, leaving me with nothing to read for the rest of my stay.

How I longed for a real Bible that night and decided then and there that I would never trust a device as my main reader!

I have had a half dozen computers die and suddenly become trash over the years, and have thrown away a number of hand held devices (including the Apple Newton, Sony Clie and Palm Pilot) because they either died or became obsolete and no longer able to connect to my latest computer. But next to my computer is a sturdy old Bible my Grandma gave me in 1967. Nothing affects it.
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:amen:

After owning a few computers over the years and dealing with the problems they have I’m more appreciative of books than I ever was before.
 
HillbillyHermit said:
:amen:

After owning a few computers over the years and dealing with the problems they have I’m more appreciative of books than I ever was before.
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Come on, with the name ‘HillbillyHermit’, it is no great surprise that you chose books over computers! 🤷
 
CalCatholic said:
Come on, with the name ‘HillbillyHermit’, it is no great surprise that you chose books over computers! 🤷
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I’m also a hi-tech redneck.
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Actually, that probably makes it even less of a surprise.
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Paper!

I love the smell and feel of the scriptures. Unwrapping a new Bible is awesome.

Also, I can make little margin notes. (A friend gave me a wide-margin Bible for Christmas some years ago. That was really cool.)
 
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