/lit/ - Literature

>>12346413
Screens give me a headache.

Why would you buy an ebook? More expensive than paper for no reason, DRM (yeah easy to strip but fuck supporting it with money), and they're all available for free.

>>12346413
>he doesn't lend out books
>he would not lend someone his e-reader
Why do you bugmen still think fragile electircal appliances are better?

>paying for 1's and 0's that you can easily download for free

The real question is why are you buying new books instead of used from secondhand and thrift shops?

>>12346420
>Why would you buy an ebook? More expensive than paper for no reason
What are you talking about. It's never more expensive, at least on Amazon.
> they're all available for free.
That's just not true.

>>12346420
>DRM
95% of the ebooks I've pirated, ripped off Overdrive, had this
>The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied so that you can enjoy reading it on your personal devices. This e-book is for your personal use only. You may not print or post this e-book, or make this e-book publicly available in any way. You may not copy, reproduce, or upload this e-book, other than to read it on one of your personal devices.

>>12346430
Or just, you know, using a public library. That's assuming that you're not a virtue signaling pseud who need a large personal library to impress the ladies.

>>12346448
>to impress the ladies.
and the men?

>>12346432
>What are you talking about. It's never more expensive, at least on Amazon.
I stopped bothering to even look at them because when I did they were more expensive. So last time I compared prices was at least a year ago.

>That's just not true.
If it exists as a paid ebook it exists as a free ebook.

>>12346432
>Gravity's Rainbow Penguin Classic Deluxe Edition on Amazon
>Paperback: $14.95
>Kindle: $14.99

They should be several dollars cheaper, there's no paper, no logistics.

>>12346476
What the fuck.

Because I can afford it, I prefer it, and I like collecting.

>>12346419
ereaders dont use pixels, they use electronic ink technology

>>12346482
United States?

>>12346489
amazon.com yes

Two main reasons
1. Some books (especially older ones) are not available in e-book format. Or, if they are, it is often absolute garbage Furby-based character recognition with typos and splices and whatnot.

2. Humans possess good spatial memory, and are actually quite good at recalling the location of a section in a book by its location on the page and with respect to the rest of the book (e.g. in the first tenth of the book). Therefore, for reference literature, I prefer to have a physical copy. For novels, which I almost never find myself referring back to, an e-reader is suitable.

>>12346427
>paying for an arrangement of atoms
Whoa...

>>12346503
>Humans possess good spatial memory, and are actually quite good at recalling the location of a section in a book by its location on the page and with respect to the rest of the book (e.g. in the first tenth of the book).
That argument doesn't make any sense.

>>12346552
When you need to refer back to something in a book, it is actually easier to do with a physical book than with a Kindle. It's not just the graphical user interface: it's the fact that we are able to use the physical location of the reference in aiding the search. On the Kindle, the "physical location" of the reference is almost meaningless, because even a given page won't necessarily display on the screen the same way every time (especially when navigating backwards instead of forwards).

In any case, it ends up being rather difficult to find things positionally on a Kindle. You really have to know what you meant to look for. In a physical book, most people can generally just flip right to the region they care about, and find what they're looking for within a few page turns.

Permanence, you will have a book forever unless you actively get rid of it. An ebook you could lose your account, get a new ereader, forget to transfer a file etc.

Also, why not?

>>12346413
Studies show reading text on screens don't help with content retention.

>>12346509
Unironically makes more sense.

>>12346618
That's not true for e-paper so most e-readers.

>>12346487
>electronic ink technology
i know what you're referring to because i have an ereader and they are a lot easier on the eyes but that wording threw my sides off orbit

>>12346748
That'd better a very boyish girl getting a headpat and not the other way round

>>12346771
why not?

>>12346902
Well, it'd be a bit gay, wouldn't it?

>>12346984
so?

>>12346984
You might like the dick. And that's ok, it's 2019.

I need to take a break from the screen. When I read a book on a screen I fill like I’m feeding a phone/internet addiction.

I also feel like you are judged by others if you are staring at a phone. They assume you are on Facebook or something. When you are reading from a book people don’t look down on you.

I also like to have physical copies of the books I read. They are like trophies to me. They are good conversation starters when I have company over. And we have enough post “Your Library” threads on here that we all judge others by the kinds of books they have on their book shelves.

>>12347138
>I also feel like you are judged by others if you are staring at a phone. They assume you are on Facebook or something. When you are reading from a book people don’t look down on you.

Most people are idiots, don't worry about what they think. Just do you the best you can.

The sensations of reading are a part of the experience. I can open one of my old paperbacks from high school and the smell will bring back a flood of memories. I also have a heavy annotation style and an ereader doesn't allow for that.

>>12347138
They're like trophies, yeah. I don't sell them either, unless they were shitty. If I enjoyed it, I'm keeping it forever and if I have to move across the country I'm lugging them with me or shipping them media rate.

>>12346413
Scifi books = tablet. Like reading a computers log of events.
Turn of the century adventure stories, first person narration = book. Like reading a manuscript.

Why do people buy any kind of physical media? It's 2019 for fucks sakes.

>>12346448
What if I like a large library because I like looking at it - like a poster or a coat of paint on the wall?

I'm interested on funding a publishing company so I really want to know your opinion lads.

I'm about to say fuck it and just publish on a webpage making my income on function of ads and print-on-demand physical versions.

>>12346430
Because the new ones sometimes have new, better translations

>>12347411
This but why do people buy anything that you can download for free?

Tell me 1 (one) fucking reason why e-books are so fucking expensive. This shit should cost a third or a half of what paper book costs. Keep wondering why no one buys this shit publisher niggers.

>>12346413

because it adds to the adventure and it makes the book a real object with its own history and stuff
it also has a bit more value than the electronic shit