Your experience of e-books

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Sorry Binkie that it's taken me a while to reply. I felt I needed to be sitting at my computer to type this rather than in relaxed, feet up, one finger iPad mode, which is usually how I read SF.
1. I don't really think twice about reading pdfs for work (funny, I hadn't thought of that before) but I don't want to be aware of the context or form factor when reading for leisure. Same with digital newspapers; I no longer read the newspaper apps that need to be resized all the time because they are still so bound to their 'legacy' design (quaint expression, isn't it).
2. I think non fiction and children's book lend themselves so well to UGC that's why I mentioned those particularly. Perhaps because it's such a new and developing area, I hadn't yet expected this functionality in reference or technical documents to the same extent, but of course it has just as much reason to be there. But that said, what I'm enjoying in the searchability in apps is way beyond a word search. For example, involving the GPS function to localise information in a text and image database, to be able to search video footage within the app, etc. For me, intuitive functionality is very important, whether it's searchability or navigation.
3. My not printing anything from an ebook or app probably has a lot to do with the fact that they are part of my leisure reading. A website or blogsite is more likely to be for work, and (because I don't want to accumulate print files) I file them as links or sometimes cut and paste into a document I am building on, say, industry stats. I don't know what the Wayback Machine term means
Hope this helps.