I prefer a book in my hands, but there is also the reality of reading advanced copies of books both because of professional reviewing responsibilities and my own obsession with keeping up with publishing through sites like Edelweiss Plus and Netgalley.

This means a few apps for my phone and tablet and an eReader (a Nook).

However every now and then I am frustrated by these digital copies, especially graphic novels which are hard to read on smaller devices like my phone and that don’t always swipe properly because of the monstrous size of the file on bigger ones like the Nook. And other times it’s the file itself which ties me to the computer to read the book for easiest access because I’m easily frustrated with the readability through the app. It is absolutely a problem that in the grand scheme of things is not important, just inconvenient. Maybe it’s because reading on a computer rather than a device feels less like a book and more like work. And reading is never really work.

If you have to read a book digitally, do you prefer the computer, a device, or an app on your phone?