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16871424 No.16871424 [Reply] [Original]

Should I buy books, even second-hand books, or is it okay for me to download and read them on an ereader for free? I don't have a lot of money, and I have other financial priorities.

>> No.16871435

Ever heard of a library?

>> No.16871517

We hereby forbid you to download books. You hear me?

>> No.16871524

piracy makes baby jesus cry

>> No.16871531

>>16871424
I haven't bought a book in 15 years.

>> No.16871533

>>16871524
but makes adult jesus give you a thumbs up

>> No.16871542
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>>16871533
digits confirm

>> No.16871550

>>16871424
Just download them bro nobody cares

>> No.16871699

I like supporting 2nd-hand bookstores. But since you’re not supporting the author anyway by buying from them, you might as well pirate.

>> No.16873441

download books and then buy the books you like/you think are important so you can show off

>> No.16873709

>>16871424
https://littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/
Hit up some of these in your area. If you live in a city or college town they often have cool stuff in them

>> No.16873721

>>16871424
/lit/ has turned into such a shitty place retarded tourists and faggots use it as Yahoo Answers or Quora.

>> No.16874918

>>16871424
Books are a luxury made to boast your supposed big-brain to other people.
Get your info by whatever means possible, even by podcasts.

>> No.16875525

>>16871424
I used to use the library like >>16871435 suggested HOWEVER the pandemic has closed the library and I'm starting to doubt it will ever open back up.
I picked up a used kindle for $40 and have continued reading (just use libgen to download whatever you want)
I don't have a problem with piracy for anything more than 2 years old OR if the creator is dead. As a matter of fact I believe buying art created by a man or woman who is now dead does nothing but contributes extortion money to business parasites (the lowest ring on our society and the true cause of most suffering on earth)