Yes, because I like reading.
But seriously, ebooks… maybe 8.5 times out of 10. E-ink screens are amazing and just as good as paper, but having your books also available on your phone, and thus always in your pocket, is transformative. So, digital on a platform that syncs between devices. (Bonus points for accomplishing this with an open-source app.)
Do you have any app that you suggest and any store where to actually download the file? Right now I buy physical — I love the feeling of paper — but it’s annoying that I can’t read when outside
I love the Moon+ Reader app. Tons of features. I like that it has a dark mode and you can set the brightness very very low (on OLED) so reading in the dark at night is comfortable.
I think it’s not available for iOS
Not OP but KOReader. It’s an open source e-reader software which runs practically everywhere, even the low-end Kobos. Tons of features. Good UX. Seemless integration to popular hardwares.
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If you’re spending money on a book you may as well get a physical one.
Sometimes. I prefer to use libraries with Libby.
If my library doesn’t have an ebook available, I’ll get an electronic version. Paper books don’t make a lot of sense to me: I only read them once, I rarely lend them out, they seem like a waste of energy for what is essentially just data.
Paper books have a romance. The idea of having a stocked personal library is cool, it just doesn’t fit my lifestyle, personality, or budget.
Paper books have a romance. The idea of having a stocked personal library is cool, it just doesn’t fit my lifestyle, personality, or budget.
Totally fair of course, but just as a suggestion for others who want to own books on a budget, I suggest thrift stores (like for clothing). They usually have a whole section of use books for very cheap.
And of course there’s used book stores.
It isn’t the price of the books, it’s the price of the space and furniture to showcase them in an appropriate manner.
That’s fair too. For my part, I’ve recently started to maintain one bookshelf (found on curbside give-away day) and churn through it, keeping a couple notable favorites as conversation starters or for loaning out.
But the physical presence is important to me, so it’s worth the real estate it takes up in the room. I can totally understand how that isn’t the case for everyone.
Physical, i need paper i need it. I cannot read on electronics the words arent real they arent real books; the knowledge is forbidden to me
Purchase? Sailing the high seas… I mean libraries. Libraries have all the best books.
I’ve tried digital books, but I’ve found that physical books work much better for my brain. I retain more information and can “get lost” in the story, whereas, for some inexplicable reason, digital books being read on a screen kind of “flatten” a story for me. It’s almost like a 3d vs 2d experience for me.
No this totally makes sense to me.
It doesn’t impact my experience of the story, but there is something to having the next page hidden behind the turn and knowing that it’s right there. When I read an ebook it’s like reading an article. The sensation is different and it loses a touch of excitement without that tactile feeling of ‘the next page’. Pages don’t matter in ebooks either. You adjust the text size and the ‘page’ count is suddenly radically different. I measure my progress in chapters or percentages now.
It makes sense to me why that wouldn’t work for some folks.
I buy physical usually.
I feel, i tend to abandon ebooks a little more often. Somehow i feel more committed to actually read most of my ever growing stack of books someday.
Ebook-reader are great nonetheless.
I adore my Kindle. One of the few things I don’t think Amazon has fucked up. I can get just about any book from anywhere on a whim usually for cheap.
Physical. Hardcover if it exists. I like to collect them
Digital. I can adjust fonts/sizes, search for content, skip around, and whether I have 10 or 10,000 books, I can carry them around in my pocket.
Pirate digital and by used physical books
Physical, I just never could make the jump to digital or e reader. If you like reading on your phone or e reader more power to you. My mom loves her e reader b/c she loves to read but time has not been kind to her eyes, being able to make the print any size has been a big help to her.
I pirate digital books, because I don’t want to spend the money. I buy physical books so that I can resell them.
I work at a computer and find it easier to continue using a screen for reading
However I do also purchase some paper books for when wanting to disconnect for a while
That’s funny I also work at a computer but usually can’t wait to get away from it at the end of the day.
I will say that monitors and eyeglasses have gotten really good at reducing eye strain from reading on a monitor. I remember getting a headache as a teen from the old CRTs lol
Same! Damn, nowadays I hate staying in front of a screen
digital, I don’t mind physical but I just don’t have the room where I live for a ton of books.
