Buy physical book, read 40 pages end up just getting pirated copy for e-reader. - /lit/ (#24566216) [Archived: 142 hours ago]

Anonymous
7/20/2025, 4:15:22 AM No.24566216
download - 2025-07-19T211442.883
download - 2025-07-19T211442.883
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Replies: >>24566218 >>24566536 >>24566694 >>24567131 >>24568262 >>24568283
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 4:16:22 AM No.24566218
>>24566216 (OP)
Is that how your day went?
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 4:32:18 AM No.24566257
>>24566218
Part of it. Had a pretty good Saturday though.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 7:09:04 AM No.24566536
>>24566216 (OP)
physical books are a scam for authors and readers
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 9:33:21 AM No.24566694
>>24566216 (OP)
What makes you switch...? Are your hands too weak to hold the book open?
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 3:26:05 PM No.24567113
>>24566694
Don't try to convince me reading War and Peace in paperback format is a comfortable experience
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 3:35:14 PM No.24567131
>>24566216 (OP)
Nothing wrong with having both, as long as you're not paying too much for the physical.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 5:12:09 PM No.24567313
I like both though. I tend to read at night on my phone. Something comfy about laying in bed, with a rotating fan blowing over you in the heat of the night while its dark and the glow of a small screen reading 30-40 pages in about an hour before sleep. I also keep a physical book in the bathroom and get through a chapter every time I take a shit.
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Anonymous
7/20/2025, 5:12:50 PM No.24567314
I like holding e-reader with one hand. Sometimes read hardcovers too for the sake of diversity. Paperbacks gisgust me.
Some books are just terrible in paper. Saw the Magic Mountain in a library recently, 1200 pages thick, I'm not reading that cement block of a book.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 5:18:05 PM No.24567324
>>24567313
Poopy booky.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:01:54 PM No.24567412
I only get physical books if they got a pretty cover.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 6:35:42 PM No.24567471
>>24567113
>paperback
bless your little heart.
Anonymous
7/20/2025, 11:08:32 PM No.24568038
are e-readers worth it? just read on your phone
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Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:20:43 AM No.24568238
>>24567113
For big books you just have to hold it during the first and last 150~ pages though? Otherwise just plonk it down
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:29:52 AM No.24568262
Calibre
Calibre
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>>24566216 (OP)
>be me
>go to barnes & noble or local library
>find book i may be interested in
>read a few pages
>like book
>take picture of cover
>leave
>come home
>go to libgen
>pirate book
>make custom book cover (optional)
>load onto kindle with calibre
> :)

literally have not purchased a book in years unless it's a language learning book or a gift for someone. my wife's kindle has 80 or so books on it alone kek.
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:32:33 AM No.24568264
>>24568038
phone screen too small for my old man eyes
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:33:43 AM No.24568267
>>24567113
>jumping to extremes
Anonymous
7/21/2025, 12:45:34 AM No.24568283
>>24566216 (OP)
1.i hate e readers
2.a big part of my relationships with people is me giving them books to read then hyping them up to read it