>>25223781
What? We love piracy

>>25223781
Oddly comfy image despite being from Zhonguo.

>>25223781
I don't hate it. Being able to change fonts, look up words right on the shit, or just pirate books sounds great. I just think holding a physical book feels better. I say this as someone who pirates all other media too, I like music more than literature and I don't have any physical music

>>25223781
>Furthermore, reading on a computer will never imprint itself on human memory with the same power as a book. The symbols displayed on the screen are, by virtue of the display medium, ephemeral, appearing in succession in the same place, thus preventing the spatial organisation necessary for the organisation of memory.
"Initiation et internet" by Wou Ming, Oriens 2006

>>25224565
What a load of horseshit. Reading is reading.

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>>25226083
spoken like someone who has never held a book
hey look it's a Van Gogh, exactly like seeing it in real life because seeing is seeing

>>25224565
im almost positive that quote was talking exclusively about web pages, hyperlinks, text that rapidly flashes across a screen, etc, not e-readers.
>>25226090
the value of literature isnt the beauty of ink on paper retard, you cant compare the importance of its surface quality to artwork.

>>25226101
As humans, reading literature goes beyond the shallow bare minimum of "can it be seen?".
Would it be the exact same reading experience off stone tablets?
If the text were tightly spaced?
Is reading text at the top, bottom, or middle of a page different?
Does holding a hardcover vs. reading off a phone affect the experience?
This isn't even going into the surrounding environment
We are humans, and we physically engage with our surroundings

>>25226108
>le bing bing wahoo mentality

>>25226108
sure but no ones suggesting to read books back to front on upsidedown wooden flash cards.
e readers and books are functionally the same. what e-readers lack in tactile quality they easily make up for it in features of convenience. having read both ways, ive never noticed a difference in memory retention, besides: memorizing new vocabulary much faster with ebooks, as you can click words to see their definition, and revisit them later through the devices 'saved words' list. obviousbly you coud replicate that process through analogue means, but ebooks make it easy.

>>25223781
>implying more chinese reading is inherently good
At best they're reading Reverend Insanity. More than likely it's chinese fujos reading those gay xianxia webnovels that have gotten big with western zoomettes who wish they were gay men.

>>25223781
Because it's drawing more Chinese. Says it right there.

>>25223781
It is more damaging for your eyes

>>25223815
The angle makes you forget how crowded the library is and how crowded the streets outside are.

>>25226149
e-ink does not damage your eyes, its not even backlit (unless you want it to be).
if anything it could be less damaging. if you strain to read small font, you can re-adjust it to a comfortable size when using an e-reader.

>>25223781
At least have the decency to post the link too...

>>25223781
We don't