/lit/ - Literature

>>6394239
>do you end up buying the books hardcopy for your shelf
nah, fuck it

The only exceptions are books that have pictures (such as maps) which look terrible on an e-reader.

>>6394247
This, im an artist so now that I got my sleek new ereader I can just buy picture books for inspo

>>6394256
This, also cookbooks

You should... when you're 60yo and you look back on all the adventures you went on you're going to feel really proud, more-so if you just kept track with a google doc.

Your kids will benefit from being around such class as well.

>>6394275
>Your kids will benefit from being around such class as well.

lol
kids don't give a shit about some old book of their grand pa.
Literature is a personal and intime adventure

>>6394577
Who's offspring are more likely to succeed:

The guy with every video game console and a library of 60+ games

The guy with 600+ books on a shelf

>>6394239
>do you end up buying the books hardcopy for your shelf if you like it

Sometimes, but it has to be a book that is special to me or an author who I really want to support. Most of the books I buy are used or paperbacks though so authors rarely see much money from me either way.

>>6394239

I just buy my ebooks

>>6394599

define success

>>6394577
My grandpa gave me my first political books off his shelf and for that I am thankful to him.

>>6394618
Why spend on nonexistent property?

>>6394599
what about the guy who has both?

>>6394625
A well rounded empathetic personality combined with a good structure of values and a remarkable work ethic that will take you to your goals with flying colors.

>>6394642
Nonsense, the well read man would have seen the disadvantages, simple pleasure and easy distraction that comes out of video games and sold every game related device and software he had.

I use the e-reader only when I can't find a physical copy.
I live in a small town and there are no bookstores that sell books in English. I have to take a bus to go to the city and buy a damn book. Sometimes it's just pointless, so I pirate that shit.

>>6394599
The guy with the video game console.

Video games are becoming more a more popular, reaching an audience they didn't have before.

The offspring of each one will succeed partially because of his own knowledge and partially because of his relationship with his peers. A sad but true fact: your employeer doesn't care about how much you know if you're uncapable of get along with others.

The relationship between people is better the more they have in common. Those who have better relationship with their peers are capable of a more effective team work.

Since we are considering at least fifteen years in the future from now (twenty years for our not yet existing offspring to get a job, margin of five considering the possibility of their existence and their probable age given that 4channers are 23 years old in average) videogames will become mainstream and as popular as sports used to be (and are today among old people) (see diy report 2014).

Therefore, those who know about videogames will get along better with their peers. It will be easier for them to get along with workmates since all of them know about and play videogames, particularly if they go into stem among which videogames are more popular.

Conclusion: Having a video game console will make the life of your offspring easier.
Note that 60 games may not be enough. I suggest a library of 200 games at least.

>>6394696
For the majority of the population, you have a strong point. However when your kids do not associate or interact with public school students and enter a low-tier career where a mundane, petty stressful life enforces the destructive-joy of escapism.

As the is a Kindle piracy thread, I'll ask here: why is everything I put on it through Calibre aligned to the left rather than justified? It looks weird. How do I change it?

>>6394786
Are you autistic?

>>6394696
>into stem among which videogames are more popular.
Applied math 3rd year here, this is bullshit for my school (UPortland) unless you're talking about Dwarf Fortress and virtual Chess. Gaming in uni is notoriously rare outside of stem and liberal majors.

>>6394936
err fuck, it's notoriously rare outside of LIBERAL MAJORS.

>>6394239
try before you buy. If a book ends up being life-changingly good, I'll get a hard copy.

>>6394636
Are you asking why an author should get paid for their work

Because that reflects poorly on you because you're willingly harming another living thing, much less a person.

>>6394964
Aye chill the fuck, don't jump the gun on me bro. Fucking out of line.

I'm just saying don't buy the ebook when you can buy the real thing and then pirate the ebook guilt free, whilst still having something to actually show for your money.

>>6394275
>when you're 60yo
How old are you? A third of that?

>>6394671
>and a remarkable work ethic

>>6394997
19

>>6394997
I'm half of it, and feel the same. Kids are very soon for me.

>>6394922
No, I just prefer reading it the way all other novels are formatted.

>>6394936
I roomed with three engineers at university, two in their final year, and they spent a lot of time playing video games. At weekends, they wouldn't even leave their rooms sometimes but you would hear Battlefield or something coming through the walls. It was the worst year of my life.

>>6394275
>adventures
>reading

your post made me really sad

>>6395004
>>6395012
how in the fuck do you think you know how you're gonna feel when you're 60

>>6395067
Don't be so literal, anon. We feel that way right now. We're assuming we'll still feel that way in the future, only with more books behind us.

>>6394239
>do you end up buying the books hardcopy for your shelf if you like it

I do often. My amazon wishlist is full of books I've read and liked but don't own the physical copy of. It's pretty useful for bumping small orders up high enough to get free shipping.

I like having physical books basically as a memory aid. A glance at my shelf gives me a rush of memories, not only of the books themselves but of the times in my life when I was reading them. Taking one of the shelf and remembering reading at the park while waiting to get tickets for a play isn't an experience that can be duplicated with an e-reader the way that actual reading can be.

People that think one medium is inherently superior to the other and campaign for it in greentext on /lit/ are retarded.

>>6394936
>Gaming in uni is notoriously rare outside of stem
That seems right.

>>6395029
>Battlefield
plebs

They should play real video games

>>6395141
Gaming is useless, and if you game you should consider suicide (implying you aren't already killing yourself by wasting your time.)

Enjoy your miserable existence and have fun defending your virtual skinner box.

>>6395158
>virtual

>>6395205
Digital, whatever.

Still I'd like someone to explain to me why they continue playing video games even though it gives absolutely nothing back to you or your life, it only takes.

>but the studies!
The studies show video games are as much as a mental workout as to walking from your car to the kitchen with your groceries is a physical workout.

They'll throw hours at a game, and then turn around and try to defend it. It blows my mind quite literally.

>>6395224
relax bro, nobody here is even saying video games are good (so autistic guy might have gone on about how they improve your social life but obviously a retard) or better than books... chill broham

>>6395158
>>6395224
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time

>>6395243
If you feel the need to waste time in the first place, then to claim it is enjoyable thus not wasted; more likely than not your life is in shambles and you should readjust your priorities in hopes of true improvement.

Junkie mentality.

>>6395263
may i remind you that you actually spent time trying to convince people on 4chan that videogames are a waste of time and people who waste time should kill themselves?
you seem to need to be reminded.

>>6395263
>If you feel the need to waste time in the first place, then to claim it is enjoyable thus not wasted; more likely than not your life is in shambles and you should readjust your priorities in hopes of true improvement.
>junkie mentality

Son, you are retarded.

>>6395311
I'm expressing an opinion and challenging others to debate it... are you saying this falls into the same category as playing video games? What kind of video games are you playing?

>>6395334
videogames that are better than arguing with poorly conceived trolls on 4chan

>>6395331
That was another statement entirely, unrelated to my paragraph.

Autism.

>>6395338
Who's arguing? Who's a troll? All I see is I'm BTFO gamers and they're posting passive aggressive statements which hold no value or push the conversation forward.

Video games are useless, trying flesh out an opinion and defend your subject isn't.

While on the subject, anyone can recommend good and relatively cheap ereaders?

>>6395375
kindle paper white

if you're going to spend money might as well get the best which is only $50-80 if you go used route

>>6395375
Kobo aura + calibre master race

>>6394964
>pirates Joyce
>you're willingly harming another living thing,