Why should you buy physical books over an e-reader? Likewise, why should you buy an e-reader over physical books?
>>109709129Books:>smell nice>feel good>easy to flip through>more "spacial memory" of where you read a good bit or fun quote you want to remember>fun to peruse in a shop >can be put on display>are calming (no screen, for me the biggest plus)ereaders:>handy while traveling>handy in bed>Easy to quickly read bits of a story/book if you don't want to buy the whole "real" book>Almost all books are free once you have an ereader>Have a battery (which is the biggest downside of the ereader)I use both. Sometimes I buy a book if I find I enjoy reading the epub. Mainly so I can just put it in my bookcase or finish it with more sensory input like smell/touch. Overall a real book is just a better experience. And sometimes I download a large book I already have if I want to read it while traveling/bed.
I used to read on a kindle and have been reading exclusively physical books for the last 4-5 years.The only time I wish I had an ereader is if im reading a particularly thick book, like picrel
I've been trying to get into reading for 37 years and I'm over it. I don't read books.
>>109709129Books do not need electricity, something that will be a distant memory after WWIII. Books do not receive firmware updates that brick them. Books in your safe possession are not retroactively "cancelled" or revised to meet some societal changes. Properly taken care of books can outlast the human that purchased them and be handed down to other family members. Books break people out of the "memory hole".
>>109709187>Have a battery (which is the biggest downside of the ereader)main reason I haven't gotten one. I already charge my phone and my cigarette, holding on for dear life to not have to charge my headphones. Charging my book is my hell
I nearly have a small library's worth of books at home but an e-reader is just soooo convenient for travelling (wich I do a lot for my job) that I mostly read on one.I am in fact posting from a plane right now and just put my Kobo Sage back in my backpack as we're gonna land soon.
>>109709308oy vey that sounds antisemitic
>>109709309I charge it about once every 3 to 4 weeks though, and the device is already 5 years old and I read about 30 minutes every night with the backlight on (to not wake my bf). So as far as charging goes its not bad. Only annoying thing is that if you leave it for a couple weeks and feel like reading, you might have to settle near a powerplug.
>>109709308>electricitycharge it using a small solar panel for camping once every two weeks>firmware updatesjust dont update. I havent updated my reader since i started using it>retroactively "cancelled" or reviseddon't buy drm botnet ereader. instead use opensource ereader like https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader (supports a few different ereaders) or even openhardware likehttps://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/open-book-touchthis is a tech board. so you sould be able to build your own custom diy ereader, right?
>>109709129I use my mutha fukking FOLD 8 ULTRA as an e-reader complete with LiberaFD self-hosted with THOUSANDS of books.Goddamn I love being BASED
>>109709605do it at the beach bitch
>>109709621anon just might be shitting his pants right now
>>109709621You don't go the beach to read, NERD. You go there to pick up sluts and check out phat asses.
>>109709585will stick with books, thx. When electricity is gone so to will be the internet.
>>109709718>Muh power grid What not, retard?
>>109709129books are a pain in the ass to move around but they last a lot longer and will survive a collapse of civilization
>>109709778>will survive a collapse of civilizationGood thing there's nothing to worry about then. We are much more advanced than in the past we're too big to fail at this point.
>>109710014My cock is too big fail. AMA.
>>109709129Books are real nice, but they sure are inconvenient, I listen to audiobooks mostly nowadays, but I still print out my study material
I have books that are over 150 years old that I can still read. Your ebooks will not be accessible for that long I don’t want to stare at a screen while reading
>>109710120Yet here you are staring at a screen and reading rn.
ebooks are DRM riddled cancer and closed source. Books are open source
>>109710160Claude is dictating it to me while I am in my workshop, so no I'm not.
>>109710203https://github.com/standardebooks/h-g-wells_the-war-of-the-worlds
>>109710262I’m not using github. I’m not buying an ereader
>>109709187>>109709308>>109709309Niggers, what? I have a kindle pw that I use everyday and not even once in more than a year have I ran out of battery, and I have never even purposefully charged it. It only charges itself the small window of time I have it connected to my laptop to transfer books. I would bet that this shit could go for at least 5 to 6 weeks without charging even with daily use.
>>109709438>bfGay
I just like books better
this is not reading
>>109709281That's an awfully big book about lolis
>>109710324You're reading right now
>>109710948>>109710324
i can sell my book collection to an ai data firm they don't buy kindles
>>109709308>electricity, something that will be a distant memory after WWIIITwo more weeks
I prefer digital because it's more convenient to carry around, I find it more comfortable to read bigger books and it also allows me to try books in a more careless way because they are free, so I never feel forced to finish them if I don't enjoy them and I can just delete them.
>>109709129Buy a tablet so you could read books, draw pictures, watch videos, post on 4chan, and solve quizzes.>>109709308Books rot and decompose. Your fantasy armageddon will never happen and there will always be electricity. Even if it happens the last thing you will worry about are stupid books.
