Should I Read Physical Books or E books

all right well speaking about productivity we should probably keep going here let us move on to our next listener call all right the next question is from Brian from DC actually and it's kind of fitting because he's got question goes into detail about physical versus ebooks and know you brought it up before but he he talks about some good stuff so let's take lesson hi Cal my name is Brian I'm lawyer down in Washington DC so guess in way we're neighbors this question has nothing to do with my profession but heard you're looking for more questions so thought I'd give this one shot I'd be curious in your thoughts on ebooks versus physical books instinctually always prefer physical books like seeing them on bookshelves like the visual reminder of the books I've read and the thoughts I've digested and perhaps most importantly like the idea that maybe my kids will see them and be exposed to them perhaps one day decide themselves to read some of the book that found influential know enjoyed doing that when was kid but also noticed that ever since I've dusted my Kindle off the shelf read lot more think can read at night while get the baby to bed can take it with me more easily can get library books very easily on that and so my volume of reading has really gone up also have noticed that I'm much more into taking and reviewing notes since can just export that when I'm done reading paradoxically though that means very rarely ever go back and reread read passages out of the electronic book like might in hard copy book and so not productivity question but I'd be really curious in your thoughts on ebooks versus hard copy books thanks so much well Brian would say use all formats and don't overthink it use all formats they all have their advantages if we look at the five books read this month that we talked about earlier in the show this particular month two of them were Audi books and three of them were physical books would say in typical month maybe one audio book one or two Kindle books and then two or three physical books so have mix and don't have huge Rhyme or Reason for it mean do like having physical Library when you have reading habit like mine where you don't overthink it you just grab things that are interesting you just reading's better than non-reading am often taking these books out of my existing Library so if we look back at this week this month's books for example two of them two of the books read in January Giants and by John staler and the Jesuit guide to almost everything by father Donovan those were just in my library just looked through my li want to read something else just hey should read this pulled it off my shelf as if was in real Library so I'm big believer in having robust Library not just of books you've read but books you want to read and agree with you that it's good for your kids to see that and they can see books around and see them as physical artifact but think it's completely fine to use Kindle as well if you add real books to Kindle you're just going to read more and then throw audio into that as well you're going to read even more and so will go to Kindle if want to start book right away and don't want to wait to have it sent to me is one reason I'll use Kindle or two if if I'm going on trip or something where don't want to bring physical book or sometimes it's book I'm not sure about want to own maybe I'll get it on Kindle so would say don't overthink it use all the formats and how you make the decision you can just do it like me which is don't know randomly and it should it should pretty much work out all right by the way reading with your kid that putting the baby to bed that's that really resonates with me we that's when we bought my wife and bought the Kindle paper whites so we had Kindles that were unlit and it was midnight feedings like okay we got to get Kindle that you can read like while you're holding baby or while you're trying to rock baby to sleep and and so yeah that brings back memories when think my Kindle mini white think about having baby and being tired