/lit/ - Literature

>>20705379
There's something off about this image.

>>20705436
OP stole it.

>>20705379
They’re not usually that heavy these days. Don’t let your wrists get so emaciated. Read real books and give em a workout psaor

>>20705379
Depends on the book. If it's a book I love, like Don Quixote, then I absolutely will enjoy it more. But if it's a generic shitty YA novel that women read, then I would be more inclined to just read it off an e-reader or just my computer (lol).

I never thought I'd see myself reading books digitally, but have been doing so lately, and while I'm thankful to be able to access some books that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to read, it kind of sucks. This has made me appreciate holding a book in my hands more. But soon I will get an e reader and it will suck less than laptop reading.

>>20705379
I have a habit of making small rips and tears in the page as I'm reading, just tweaking the corner until it rips or pulling the page a bit too hard from the seam. It makes reading feel way more satisfying, and as I'm quite a restless person it helps to discharge that energy and keep me focused. Plus it's an easy way to mark my progress, I never need bookmarks.

>>20705379
zero fucking percent

>>20705379
the best part of owning a book is sniffing it

>>20705379
100%. People say you can't read an audiobook, and they're right. Because virtual books in general are not something you read. You cant' be sure that a ebook even has the correct words in it. It could all be made up by some false link or hacker. If you don't feel the pages in your hands, you didn't read it.

>>20705379
No it’s kind of a pain in the ass but it still beats a screen beaming god knows what into your skull when you read
>>20705775
also this

>>20705379
None. Books are genuinely cumbersome to read with one hand.

>>20705379
It reduces it, I prefer to read through my ereader, or even my phone.

>>20705928
>Because virtual books in general are not something you read.
You can unzip an epub file and get the XML containing the text of the book. You can't read an audiobook because it's one or multiple audio files. You shouldn't see them as books, they're closer to albums.
For the paranoia part, you should try to learn more about this, and if someone is going to hack your book, I don't understand why they wouldn't replace your copies of other books too.

>>20705775
I buy old secondhand book to enhance this aspect.

>>20705379
Very much. There's just something in holding an actual physical book that an Ebook Reader or Computer can't recreate. Some aspects I like are:

>Simply the feeling of the pages of the book.
>The Smell of the Book when it's new.
>If it's a hardback, putting the dustcover on and off.

>>20706045
>>If it's a hardback, putting the dustcover on and off.
This is some autistic shit and hell if I’m not guilty too.

>>20705436
I agree... I have a dark suspicion that it's dishonestly representing something.

>>20705379
some books are the right size, but other books are not

>>20705928
audiobooks are a different medium though

None at all. It just makes me feel a little more pretentious in public since someone can't assume I'm scrolling through instagram like when I read on my phone.

Im not going to lie. I judge book by the cover and more likely to pick a new book than read to pieces one.

>>20706018
You're a well refined gentleman, I hope you know that.

>>20705379
about 15%

The only people that hate on physical book are poor frog, kinda cringe I.M.O.(In My Opinion), get ya money up, not ya funny up.

>>20705775
>>20706018
smelling an old book is just as sublime as licking a magazine...

>>20706007
>>20705772
You have to be 18 to post here.

>>20705379
About eight

I usually read electronically, then buy a copy if I really enjoyed a book.
It’s nice to flip back and forth between pages easily with a proper physical book.