/lit/ - Literature

is it ok if its printed using a press, or must it be handwritten? does it need to be etched on a stone tablet to count? or heard from the mouth of a bard?

if you "sneed" a "feed" on a digital device, you did not "sneed" that "feed"

>>20422904
also i guess that means i didnt read your shitty post

>>20422921
what about chuck

>>20422927
Same. What did he say again?

>>20422939
He didn't say anything. He just farted from his face.

>>20422921
>>20422935
Yeah you actually sucked and fucked it

>>20422904
truths /lit/ isn't ready to accept. kindle lacks page progression and it diminishes the literature, even trivializes it.

>>20422994
It doesn’t lack that at all. Lol you can literally see where you are in the book and even put multiple book marks.

>can lay in total darkness at night and still read
kobo continues to mogg paperfags

>>20423044
>you can literally see where you are in the book
"location 1409/5322" is not an acceptable way to communicate progress. it's not as tangible as a stack of pages. it's a glib facsimile.

>>20423044
>you can literally see where you are in the book
>book
"book"

>>20423065

the annotation is ass on kobo. im sticking with it though. might convert everything to kepub. but so far thats doubling my page count and done messing with editing epubs for now.

>>20423098
I can't even imagine trying to annotate on an ereader. I love my Kobo for reading but I'd just give up and only read real books during daylight hours if I had to deal with that shit

>>20423074
Dude who cares you can literally see what percent you are currently at how is that not good enough? I’ve gotten so used to it now that I can tell how many pages a book is roughly by looking at the location number. Also some books actually do have the actual page number depending on if they added that into the meta data of the file.

I’ve probably read close to 100 books on my kindle over the past few years. I can also read for longer stretches of time because I don’t get fatigued as easily (holding big books) and I can read while laying in bed at night next to my wife without disturbing her. I have the paper white though so it has a backlight.

>>20423113
I scan text with iPhone and put it into my note taking app. Works like a charm.

>>20423074
faggot you can just look at your real book and be like "ayo my nigga, i'm like a third/half/three quarters done! shiiieeeetttt" whereas I can have a literal percentage shown to me with a single glance. smoke my pole you stupid bitch!!!!

>>20423119
enjoy having your visual field polluted. enjoy breaking your focus to process some arbitrary numbers spat out by a computer. disgusting.

>>20423125
>arbitrary
dis nigga running out of trolls

>>20422958
I can smell it over here

>>20423125
Bro you just read the words and tap screen to turn page.

>>20422904
Jokes on you, I don't read books at all

>>20423125
>arbitrary numbers
christ lit really does get worse with each passing day doesn't it

>>20423125
I hope you cross out every page number in your books to get rid of extraneous information

>>20423282
i'm here from /tv/, this is what you deserve

>>20422904

>>20423284
I tear the pages out as I progress

>>20422904
This implies I didn't read what you wrote

>>20422904
I am really enjoying my kobo

>>20423295

The OP who I am not is absolutely correct, though. Things "read" on digital displays do not count.

>>20422904
eat shit

>>20422904
mhhmmm yes I do like the cancerous smell of ink and paint and

DEAD TREES...

imagine reading on a device that's lighter and can store entire libraries worth of books

>>20422904
>look at and comprehend the meaning of written material by mentally interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.

>>20422904
If have have "sexual intercourse" without eating ass, no you didn't

>>20423114
>I can read while laying in bed at night next to my wife without disturbing her.
Henpecked faggot.

>>20423074
I will never be on your level

>>20422904
Ebooks are basically video games

>>20423421
And free books, the jew fear the ereader

>>20422904
>t. really regretting that bookshelf of expensive hardcovers that I downloaded for free and can hold all at once in the palm of my hand

>>20422994
It's funny because since i disabled all that crap i read a LOT more.
Knowing where you are can give you clues about where the story is going.
Also it made me quit books sometimes when you notice you're not progressing fast enough and that the book could last you months.
Once you disable it you just focus on enjoying what you're reading. I can't do that with physical books.

>>20422919
> printed using a press
consumerist garbage
> handwritten
this counts
> etched on a stone tablet
vanity
> heard from the mouth of a bard
audiobooks aren't book

>>20422904
Tell me then where I can still aquire:

1. Behead all satans
2. the turner diaries
3. siege

>>20423633
This. That’s why they’re superior. Embrace the future, retards. Twee escapism is for women and homosexuals.

A more interesting point:

With the advent of audiobooks we really need a word that means "read or listen to <text>".

If you listen to Moby Dick on audiobook, it's kinda wrong to say "I've read Moby Dick", but it's misleading to say "I haven't read Moby Dick".

There doesn't seem to be any even half-way decent word. "Ingested"? "Experienced"?

WE, /LIT/, MUST MAKE UP A SUITABLE WORD AND POPULARIZE IT

Reminder: there is no point reading until all books get reprinted with the bionic patch.

>>20424479
Voraciously consumed

>>20424479
I lisread Moby Dick.

>>20424512
I thought "apprex" might be ok. From the Latin "apprehendere", "to grasp". I put the "x" on the end to make it cool.

"I apprexed Moby Dick". The stress on the second syllable.

>>20424534
It is certainly a broad enough term that can be used for any present or future form of experiencing books. One now just needs to spread it among population.

>>20422904
don't care about having a "book count"
i only care about information

>>20422994
>You don't understand how am I supposed to ENJOY a book if I can't brag the amount of pages I've read?

>>20422904
Staring at a screen is like staring at a painting through your computer screen. Nothing beats the real, TANGIBLE thing. It is about the sensory experience as much as the words on the page.

>>20424719
retarded frogposter is a "Sorry for liking something that makes my mind fly like books instead of social media" type of faggot.

>>20424411
>Behead all satans
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09L328197

have fun with all those digital books when the grid goes down lol. physical chads ALWAYS win.

>>20423421
Complaining that the contents of the medium are carcinogenic is not a good argument for e-readers.

I just get my kids to do it

>>20422904
>He doesn't understand the difference between the corpus mysticum and the corpus mechanicum
lmao

>>20426682
>read ebooks until grid goes down
>read regular books

>>20422904
Yes I did.

>>20422904
>if you "read" a "book" on a digital device, you did not "read" that "book"
ok

>>20422904
Araki go "home" you're "drunk."

>>20428488
one ereader that has 1000 ebooks

vs

1000 physical books

the books are clearly more cancerous, it's just this simple

>>20426682
I have a hand charger.
It's a lot of work, but it will keep me fit in the post apocalyptic hellhole, and a few hours of cranking the charger is good for weeks if you only read in daylight.

>>20422904
lowest possible form of trad brain, just mindlessly looking to the past for the "correct" way of doing something.

>>20424489
Holy shit. I thought you were meming but after looking this up, I'm convinced.

>>20423074
koreader tells you actual pages