Books or Computer Software ?

I am a chess player who would like to know what is the best training method, is it by reading, and studying books, or by buying some computer chess software that will train  you. Or are they both equally good just depending on your chess skill ?

It depends on your playing strength and your use of the product. The best product is both used together.

some do well with books, others with videos.  i tend to learn much faster watching videos, so they work for me.  i have quite a few books, though; you can never get too much chess information.  :)

if you get Fritz, you can kill both those birds with one stone, as it plays chess DVDs as well.  also, the videos here on chess.com (for paying members) are top-notch.  i'm loving them.

Videos cover a bigger amount of information over a shorter time period. I'd also reccommend you to download playchess as it lets you watch grandmaster tournaments live and analyze them.