Do you buy physical books or use a reader ? (or both

[Thilom593]

Voltei a ler. Comprei um Kobo Clara HD usado e instalei o Koreader. Não sei por que não fiz isso antes. Também tenho usado o Calibre para organizar meus livros.

Voltei a ler. Comprei um Kobo Clara HD usado e instalei o Koreader. Não sei por que não fiz isso antes. Também tenho usado o Calibre para organizar meus livros.

Eu prefiro comprar os livros físicos mas já considerei baixar pirateado, eu desisti porque fiquei com muito medo de pegar um vírus ou malware.

 

[BrawlMan]

I always go physical for books and comic books.

 

[arkasth]

Anna’s Archive all the way

 

[Ikagura]

Anna’s Archive all the way

I hope it won't get closed off because there are some books I literally cannot find.

 

[Badseed Badseed]

I have decided to be like the youths. I have brain rot, no attention span
and no love for classical literature...

therefore I NEVER read books. There's no clout in that

 

[Adrastia]

I like having physical books. But I live in an apartment now and I can't just buy over 9000 books because I won't be able to store them.
Used books can also kind be of steep on Amazon when you factor in shipping. New books are astronomical. I can't pay that much unless there's a sale or I have a coupon. I'd like to get an e-reader. But again, price. You can pay on time on Amazon. But I don't know if it's worth it.

 

[Spyrone]

Both. I much prefer physical copies, but for a lot of the stuff I read those are kind of hard to find. A lot of the horror stuff I like in particular is nigh-impossible find because most stores seem to only have Stephen King, Joe Hill Anne Rice and Dean Koontz stuff available (not that those authors are bad except for Dean Koontz, who is so formulaic and unimaginative I can't help but imagine a flowchart when reading his stuff). Which is an absolute travesty given how good authors like Brian Keene, David Keene and Johnathan Maberry are. When it comes to manga a lot of the stuff I like is rather obscure seinen, which means unless an anime adaptation is in the works it's hard to find. Comics I have a bit more luck with, but trying to find certain things is nigh-futile. I can't recall seeing a single 2000 AD collection for example, or a graphic novel volume of NoTLD: Aftermath or The Extinction Parade in a very long time. So I often use ereaders to fill the gaps.

 

[ThunderBoy]

Always physical

 

[gokusmacksmyds]

The author's of most books i like are long dead so i don't feel bad about pirating them.
Folio Society do some really nice physicals though, but they are expensive.

 

[JellyjamLu]

I buy books physically, alot of em' cos 90s Goosebumps collecting.

 

[BrawlMan]

Physical only for books and comic books. I stopped buying manga in the 2000s. Tried briefly in the early 2020s, but could not keep up and got frustrated with Battle Angel: Mars Chronicles.

 

[JoueurCitoyen]

Hello, physical books only. My city's libary network is endless and free as far as mangas and novels are concerned. And I want to reduce my screen time (which is way too big), even if digital readers are way less stimulating than a phone or a tablet

 

[SolemnlyDoc]

I love to have physical books, but having no access to a library means its a luxury when I do get to purchase them. I probably have a hundred digital copies of books and only about 12 or so physical copies.

 

[Pseudo64]

Considering you kind of don't own your ebooks and sometimes kindle reader would remove a book or even edit books without your knowledge, I am and will always be a physical reader.
There is another fact that unlike movies or games, I don't associate books with screen but instead paper.

Anywhere, here's my concerning collection

What you are seeing is 50% of my books, there are another row of books behind these books lol

 

[Spyrone]

Considering you kind of don't own your ebooks and sometimes kindle reader would remove a book or even edit books without your knowledge, I am and will always be a physical reader.
There is another fact that unlike movies or games, I don't associate books with screen but instead paper.

Anywhere, here's my concerning collection

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What you are seeing is 50% of my books, there are another row of books behind these books lol

I like how you seem a very well read person, and yet have an Oxford English dictionary in there too.

 

[Pseudo64]

I like how you seem a very well read person, and yet have an Oxford English dictionary in there too.

That's technically not an English dictionary, but a box set of Language Reference books. I am an aspiring writer, so sometimes I get a lot of things wrong while typing something out, especially when I write something very emotionally, you can expect grammatical mistakes here and there and everywhere. So, sometimes I use these to remind myself of basic grammar rules.
I do have Merriam-Webster app on my phone, but I am planning to buy an actual oxford or Merriam pocket dictionary because I am trying to get away from my phone as much as possible. I seem to be making progress because an year later, my phone screen time was averaging around 4 hours but now it does around 2 hours, with me mostly using it to listen to music, checking emails, and checking discord messages. Ngl, I would prefer it was one hour of me just checking messages, so I am currently looking to buy a mp3 player instead for my evening walks.

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When it comes to English, it sadly ain't my first language. So I would still like to have a pocket dictionary around because many a times I keep forgetting certain words or come across a word that sounds like it was typed by a cat sitting on a keyboard.
For example, "Adumbrate", "Anthropomorphism", "Charcuterie", "Colloquialism", "Grandiloquent", and my personal favorite that I still have trouble pronouncing, "Lackadaisical"

 

[Spyrone]

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That's technically not an English dictionary, but a box set of Language Reference books. I am an aspiring writer, so sometimes I get a lot of things wrong while typing something out, especially when I write something very emotionally, you can expect grammatical mistakes here and there and everywhere. So, sometimes I use these to remind myself of basic grammar rules.
I do have Merriam-Webster app on my phone, but I am planning to buy an actual oxford or Merriam pocket dictionary because I am trying to get away from my phone as much as possible. I seem to be making progress because an year later, my phone screen time was averaging around 4 hours but now it does around 2 hours, with me mostly using it to listen to music, checking emails, and checking discord messages. Ngl, I would prefer it was one hour of me just checking messages, so I am currently looking to buy a mp3 player instead for my evening walks.

That's a good idea. I'm typing this on an old disconnected smartphone that I keep around mostly to read, listen to music, watch videos and browse the internet. I guess I also use for emails, but those aren't super-annoying like calls and text messages often are.

I've dabbled in writing before, but quit because I found that no matter what genre or format I'm writing in, I usually completely lose interest in the task of writing it within a week. Once that happens, it becomes an absolute chore. My ADHD is not conducive to writing anything worth anything that is longer than several paragraphs. If even. I tried using a thesaurus and dictionary to keep myself from getting hung up on the right way to phrase something, which helped me get more out but I still couldn't finish anything. I just lose interest. No amount of drugs or meditation have helped with that.

Also, I honestly didn't think my throwaway comment warranted that much of a response. I was more making a joke about the trope where some illiterate meatbag character keeps a dictionary around to try and impress people with how "cultured" they are. You do not seem to be that type at all, and yet the dictionary is there at the top. Though now that you've explained it my observation is even less funny.

 

[Pseudo64]

That's a good idea. I'm typing this on an old disconnected smartphone that I keep around mostly to read, listen to music, watch videos and browse the internet. I guess I also use for emails, but those aren't super-annoying like calls and text messages often are.

I've dabbled in writing before, but quit because I found that no matter what genre or format I'm writing in, I usually completely lose interest in the task of writing it within a week. Once that happens, it becomes an absolute chore. My ADHD is not conducive to writing anything worth anything that is longer than several paragraphs. If even. I tried using a thesaurus and dictionary to keep myself from getting hung up on the right way to phrase something, which helped me get more out but I still couldn't finish anything. I just lose interest. No amount of drugs or meditation have helped with that.

Also, I honestly didn't think my throwaway comment warranted that much of a response. I was more making a joke about the trope where some illiterate meatbag character keeps a dictionary around to try and impress people with how "cultured" they are. You do not seem to be that type at all, and yet the dictionary is there at the top. Though now that you've explained it my observation is even less funny.

Ah okay, sorry I didn't got the joke lol. I can be thick-headed sometimes.

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That's a good idea. I'm typing this on an old disconnected smartphone that I keep around mostly to read, listen to music, watch videos and browse the internet. I guess I also use for emails, but those aren't super-annoying like calls and text messages often are.

I've dabbled in writing before, but quit because I found that no matter what genre or format I'm writing in, I usually completely lose interest in the task of writing it within a week. Once that happens, it becomes an absolute chore. My ADHD is not conducive to writing anything worth anything that is longer than several paragraphs. If even. I tried using a thesaurus and dictionary to keep myself from getting hung up on the right way to phrase something, which helped me get more out but I still couldn't finish anything. I just lose interest. No amount of drugs or meditation have helped with that.

Also, I honestly didn't think my throwaway comment warranted that much of a response. I was more making a joke about the trope where some illiterate meatbag character keeps a dictionary around to try and impress people with how "cultured" they are. You do not seem to be that type at all, and yet the dictionary is there at the top. Though now that you've explained it my observation is even less funny.

One writing advice I can give, at least when it comes to "right way to phrase something" is to write in first person. Basically, if it helps, write through the eyes of said person and that way, you have less pressure of writing perfect narration. Since, the character narrating the story could be illiterate or not a perfect commander of English themselves. Take Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne for example. The entire novel is a recorded confession of a southern woman who used to be a caretaker for an old crone. So, she doesn't have the most perfect of English, but her narration still sounds interesting because it feels like you are sitting right there with the person, listening to her tell the entire tale to you. You can try something similar to that if the pressure of writing the right phrase is what keeps you from writing. Maybe what you write could be a journal kept by the character or even a confession they gave on a message board/forum just like this.

 

[Jdan-S]

Recently got a secondary ereader: Xteink X4. I set it up last week by flashing custom firmware (CrossPoint) and transferred my epub books into the SD card. It doesn't support epub images yet, so I also had to convert a few books into xtc format. Finished reading one book so far: Worlds of Power - Before Shadowgate.

I'm enjoying this not just for reading but also the tinkering aspect behind it (flashing CFW, making my own lockscreen images, editing books in epub format, etc.). I'm learning as I go along. It's the same experience as setting up retro gaming handhelds and managing a library on the SD card.

 

[Ikagura]

Recently got a secondary ereader: Xteink X4. I set it up last week by flashing custom firmware (CrossPoint) and transferred my epub books into the SD card. It doesn't support epub images yet, so I also had to convert a few books into xtc format. Finished reading one book so far: Worlds of Power - Before Shadowgate.

I'm enjoying this not just for reading but also the tinkering aspect behind it (flashing CFW, making my own lockscreen images, editing books in epub format, etc.). I'm learning as I go along. It's the same experience as setting up retro gaming handhelds and managing a library on the SD card.

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I'd love to have a book with some physical buttons and no need to be connected to a site.