/lit/ - Literature

Online shops should give us a DRM-free copy with every physical book. Problem solved.

>>4346823
It's the future of books, grandpa

E-books and tablets can spread HPV. Enjoy your warts.

>>4346921

Books can give you herpes.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509288/50-Shades-Grey-library-book-tests-positive-HERPES-COCAINE.html

just have both,

download magazines, light reads, not-so-worth-it-to-waste-money-on books

and then for the classics, just buy paperback

>>4346823
You're being irrational, the content is what manner not the format.
>Hurrr, I rather buy my music because I like to hold the CD

>>4346921
http://popcrush.com/fifty-shades-of-grey-copies-herpes/

COPIES OF ‘FIFTY SHADES OF GREY’ TEST POSITIVE FOR HERPES

>>4346823

While I dislike them and the gadget-crazed hype around them, I don't mind that people use them.

It continues to drive down the price of used books, making it easier for me to add to my 2,500+ volume library.

>>4346941

agree. the word "gadget" alone is cringeworthy.

>>4346941
>my 2,500+ volume library

You probably think that's impressive.

I don't like reading black text on white background for extended periods of time. So yea, personally, I prefer my tablet.

jesus, I came back from 6 months of browsing other boards after solely browsing /lit/ for a year
and you guys still have this same thread? Is this stuff not in the sticky?
Why keep having this thread?

>>4347278
why do idiots like you reply to it without saging?

I have a kindle keyboard which I love for how easy it is to pirate books. Is the new kindle paperwhite just as easy.

>>4347329
Meant to put a question mark

after I bought my first e-reader I started reading much more than usual. And I'm not even pirating.

eReader is a great thing unless you have to sniff the cover and paper while reading.

>>4346823
>kindle
bad. more like swindle.

>e-books
great.

>>4347903
Retard, kindles are fine, calibre makes the on.y drawback, format, moot

>>4348044
>calibre makes the on.y drawback, format, moot
No, it doesn't. It's a matter of principle, you spineless faggot.

>>4346931
why do you think vinyl is a big market now

theres nothing wrong with liking stuff in a physical format

>>4347848
i actually do this

>>4348070
Vinyl produces an audible quality difference in sound.

The only difference with e-readers is that they are every book rolled into one.

>>4348067
If you are using an ISP you've sold out just as hard you idiot.

>look at me! I'm a brave revolutionary for buying kobo

>>4348075
>audible
it really isnt, nobody can tell the difference between 320 and lossless

>>4348080
Vinyl enthusiasts claim there's a difference, and that is all that matters.

>>4348075
Books have a higher resolution.

>>4348076
>If you are using an ISP you've sold out just as hard you idiot.
What else would you use for internet?

>>4348085
Books can't change font size and type at will. Books can't look up word definitions with the press of a finger.

>>4348091
ok but i dont have any need for those features

>>4348097
The point is that e-readers are books plus all these features. If you don't want them, that is fine.

Why not both?
If i like the ebook, i buy physical.
I read faster on an ebook, so it makes sense to read a novel in that format first. That way i can shift through more novels a year. I buy physical because i like bookshelf pron.

>>4347007

>>4348085
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>>4348088
what, you don't own your own closed circut?
personally, books are conversation pieces, a physical reminder that I should read them, and I can insert my note in them.


I don't have to worry about my battery dying either. enjoy the reliance on electricity.

I've read about 30 books in the last 12 months and every single one has been on my Kindle Fire. The amount of money I would have spent on physical copies compared to what I actually spent is a lot. I like holding the tablet more than a book, it's just more comfortable for me, and I just tap the edge of the screen to turn a page so I can lay down in comfy positions that don't require me to move my arms. I will still pick up a physical copy of a book if I want to read something not available online, I have no problem reading paper books.
One thing that's also nice is that I can annotate the book and highlight and make notes without a) crowding the whole thing with stick notes or b) writing on the book and ruining it.
It's also nice to highlight a word and have the definition pop up.

>>4346823
I feel very much the same. I like actually holding a book, and with certain more playful postmodern books it actually damages the immersion to read them from e-readers.

Despite me repeatedly stating that I understand the benefits of e-books but that I'd much rather stick to paper, I still get family members and friends trying to push them on me. They go so far as to claim that I'm just sticking to print books because I want to be different.

Again I can understand the benefits; one of my friends read nothing but cheap magazines before he received a Kindle for Christmas and now he's always reading and I think that's wonderful but I'm tired of being made to feel like I'm awkward for not changing over myself.

>>4347335
yes.
download epub (or any other format really)
install calibre
transform to azw3 / mobi
plug kindle
send to device

i have the kindle 3 with the keyboard and i'm thinking of getting a paperwhite, but amazon bring out so many fucking kindles i don't want to buy one now and have them release a better one in spring.

>>4348210
how do you read faster on an ereader?
the screen's smaller. not as many words per page. etc

>>4349004
You can change the font and it has some dictionaries on there to quickly check words.

Plus its light and turning the page is fucking easy so I can just laze about in bed while reading.

>>4346931

>being this pleb

Readers, especially e-ink, are great if you're into novels and you have a line on pirating well-formatted/retail ebooks. Stay away from pdf's and hunt for epub or mobi (kindle) or azw3 (paperwhite).

If you're looking to read some pdf textbooks, then look into tablets (or that A4-sized reader from Sony).

>>4346823

What is the best e-reader for purchase?

>>4349006
It's one a year, man.

>>4348075
Comparing actual difference in sound quality to the fonts and what the fucking words are written on.

>>4352959
Meant to quote >>4348070

>>4348384
>enjoy the reliance on electricity
You mean like, being able to read anytime of the day, even when the sun is not up?
I guess I will enjoy it.

>>4353015
>Muh apocalypse!

>>4353020
>quasi 2014
>still destroying civilization
ashigadig

I love mine. With little extra weight and space, I have a lot of books on me at pretty much all time. Seeing how I use public transportation a lot, that's pretty handy.

Additional bonus is that mine isn't epaper - I hate that - and as such it also handles images and video.