I much prefer hardcopy, something pleasurable in seeing rows of books in either a library or even a bookshop.
Whenever I visit London, the first shops I go to are Waterstones, Foyles and Stanfords books and maps.
SWMBO prefers online and I will admit it annoys me when I see receipts for kindle on the credit card statement with imo nothing to show for it!
Magazines are the same, I have had online versions, but tend to forget about them, seeing hardcopy reminds me to read them. Club magazines are the same, I’m happy to pay extra for something solid.
I often think that if I had my time again, I would have quite happily been a librarian, something nice and ordered and quiet!
Now back on topic, I’ve just bought a second hand copy of Light and Shadow, Memoirs of a Spy’s Son by Mark Colvin to add to the pile I‘m slowly, very slowly working through!