Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🚂 Wednesday, November 20, 2024

tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They’re free at the library :)

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨55⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I get them there when I can but I’m too slow a reader at the moment to not need a couple of renewals to get through a book

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  i usually prefer ebooks, cheaper and doesn’t take up space

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨54⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    And I can read them in the dark easier. The kids still sleep in our room so I can’t really use a light for regular books

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• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Depending on how voracious a reader you are, Kindle Unlimited may be worth investigating. I go through about 4 books a week, so the service ($14/mo) must have saved me about $1,000 by now.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Unfortunately I don’t read as much as I’d like, which is part of it. I get my ebooks from ‘other’ parts of the internet and that’s what I went to check.

    I’m reading The Crying Lot of 49 and my version has some weird formatting. I wanted to check if it was just an eBook thing or a deliberate stylistic choice. Turns out it was just a weird eBook formatting thing

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I used to do that but the cost of books now are pretty high so I’ve stopped buying them.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Always check Big W first.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    I used to work at a big w and when they have a book it’s always cheap. Especially kid’s books. I feel bad for independent toy stores because it’s so hard to compete with the big department stores there

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