One of these decades folks will realize that a good e-reader is as game changing as the iPod was.
I don't know where I'm going to keep them all
Submitted 4 months ago by TheBat@lemmy.world to memes@sopuli.xyz
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seaQueue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
seaQueue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I mean, no one’s telling you that you can’t or that you shouldn’t. I just like having two decades of reading material on tap at any time without needing to lug a library around.
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 4 months ago
I got round that problem by buying a folding leather cover for my Kobo
It’s an absolute game changer for holidays etc
aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
I for one especially enjoy accidentally ripping a page and the subsequent self-loathing
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 months ago
This is the invention I’ve been dreaming of.
It looks like a blank book. Pages look, feel, and smell like regular paper. I download a new book and text appears on the pages. I read it like a regular book, and when I’m done I can erase the text and start over.
I know it’s a luxury item for a limited market, but that’s what I want.
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Are you from Hogwarts? This reads like something from a fantasy lol
simple@lemm.ee 4 months ago
If there was an easy way to easily let friends borrow your books, I’d agree. The whole benefit of physical books (aside from convenience) is full ownership of it. I can always sell it or buy cheap used ones.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you’re up to it, there are some high Calibre solutions out there that can liberate the books you own to be able to lend them to friends.
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 4 months ago
An e-reader and libgen have made me read more than the shelves full of books in my house ever have
Machinist@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I’m on my seventh e-ink kindle. I still prefer paper for reference books, but e-ink for everything else.
fossphi@lemm.ee 4 months ago
How did you go through six? I still rock my first and almost a decade old kindle
Wolf314159@startrek.website 4 months ago
I’m very pro real books and as a result was hesitant to jump on the ebook bandwagon. That all changed after finishing a particularly large book early during a long trip, lugging those damn dead trees around the country for a while and unable to find anything worthwile to read in along the way. Now with my ebook any book and every book on my “to read” list taking up the same space, same weight, and I don’t worry about damaging them because the ebook is waterproof with a rugged cover.
I still buy hard to find and out of print books at used book stores, but those stay home and get gifted to special people when I’m done.
seaQueue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yup, this is the way. My e-reader weighs less than my phone and is about 1/4th the size of a hardback or trade paperback with the cover or a protective sleeve. It’s a game changer for travel, commuting, waiting time before appointments, etc.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
If you angrily throw your eReader across the room when the book’s ending sucks and pisses you off, it’s a lot more expensive than that time I did it to Michael Crichton’s Sphere.
Sabata11792@ani.social 4 months ago
I had 10k books on one and still I read about a quarter of a book on it.
Asetru@feddit.org 4 months ago
Any moment now.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
I probably read about as much on my phone as I do on paper. I would never read a book on my phone. I hate that experience compared to reading a physical book when it comes to such media. I would have to think about it a lot more to explain it coherently, but it’s ok for wikipedia and not ok for books.
lugal@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
True, there are so many free ebooks online you can read without buying
django@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
You don’t have too many books, but too few bookshelves.
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 months ago
My favorite story is that I was on my way to one store to buy a new bookshelf. On the way, I stopped at a different place and brought three new books.
toynbee@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Terry Pratchett said “I wouldn’t want to be friends with someone who has enough space for all their books.”
django@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
So all those books stacked on the floor make me more amicable?
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Do folks even library anymore?
I always have at least one library book on the go. It’s literally free.
guy@piefed.social 4 months ago
Borrow then buy is the way
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Yes because quiet space to work in
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Maybe even get a little bit of that silent body doubling boost ☺️
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Is there a Lemmy meme community where there are actually memes?
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 months ago
I describe my book purchasing as “aspirational.” I learn about way too many (potentially) interesting books / authors / topics compared to my time to read. If I complete one third of the books in my library before death, I will be satisfied.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 4 months ago
When I was young my parents took us on a vacation to Hawaii. My carry on had like 8 books in it and I finished half of them before we even got there.
arschfidel@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
Same with video games.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Are ebooks out of favor already?
MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 months ago
Great time to post book related communities. Know any?
Asetru@feddit.org 4 months ago
Buying warhammer miniatures, painting warhammer miniatures and playing Wasserhahn are 3 separate hobbies.
weker01@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
And they all require way too much money :(