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.
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.
Purchase? Sailing the high seas… I mean libraries. Libraries have all the best books.
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.
I’ve bought physical books then bought digital because I usually poop at work and that’s the best time for a quick read
I just keep a book in the bathroom.
I have a complicated series of motions that I’ve developed from a young age to make sure I don’t contaminate a book with the bad hand
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If you’re spending money on a book you may as well get a physical one.
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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
Ebooks. Can store more on a reading tablet, easier to transport most of the time, sometimes lighter than physical books, hold my spot easily where I left off, can read in darker places, easier to store. Still have physical but liking digital more. Use an eink display tablet. Buy the books then download epubs or PDFs.
Pirate digital and by used physical books
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.
digital, I don’t mind physical but I just don’t have the room where I live for a ton of books.
I pirate digital books, because I don’t want to spend the money. I buy physical books so that I can resell them.
I am almost the same, but I don’t sell my physical books.
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
Making a calibre server has elevated my reading more then I thought possible. It’s like I have a library everywhere I go.
Physical. Hardcover if it exists. I like to collect them
Second hand physical books.
