/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.13638462]

>he hasn't made a one-time relatively inexpensive investment in a quality e-reader
>not only would this help him reduce the overall unnecessary space that his book collection takes up, but he can literally now pirate any title in any digitized form he wants
>using calibre and other tools he can quite literally edit all aspects of the metadata, find the best covers, remove DRM and categorize appropriately
>on top of that he can now carry literally thousands of books in his backpack

Why haven't you taken the e-readerpill yet, anon?

[Anonymous No.13638524]

>>13638462
Oh great another DEEVICE I get to charge, not drop step on or get wet. Another thing I got to fuck with on my computer before I can do what I want which is to just read.

[Anonymous No.13638546]

>>13638524
>not drop step
How clumsy are you?
>or get wet
It's waterproof
>I got to fuck with on my computer
It has wifi/4G

[Anonymous No.13638553]

>>13638524
The Kindle Oasis and similar models are waterproof. Book pages can become soggy or tear. Also 'another DEEVICE' vs 1000 books on your shelf, all needing individual categorisation and dusting from time to time.
Additionally:
>walk to book store, browse, purchase, return home / purchase online, wait for delivery
vs
>open boookz or a torrent tracker
>download ebook, apply cover, sync to e-reader within five minutes maximum

I love books too but yours are bad arguments.

[Anonymous No.13638564]

>Has a good phone
>Doesn't just pirate the book and read it as a pdf
HAHAHAHA okay retard

[Anonymous No.13638580]

>>13638564
There's a difference. A phone has blue light, and even with an amber filter can be quite tiring to read before bed, or while being distracted by other notifications. An e-reader is a simulated paper experience with its own gentle backlight, allowing for ergonomic grip and handling, and with a direct purpose of reading. You could read a book through a VR headset if you wanted to. But that's retarded.

[Anonymous No.13638585]

>>13638580
>Doesn't use an app that changes the light on the phone
Are you okay?

[Anonymous No.13638590]

>>13638585
I use Twilight. It works fine. But I wouldn't want to read anything longer than an article like that.

[Anonymous No.13638595]

How well do e-readers work with pdfs?

[Anonymous No.13638598]

>>13638564
A good alternative, but I would argue it mixes up the focused reading activity with unrelated junk (social media, texts, calls, etc)
It feels much better to have a device dedicated to focused, deliberate reading, instead of having it buried in an addiction-fueled device.

[Anonymous No.13638606]

>>13638595
Pretty well, depending on your e-reader. I only have experience with Kindles, but you can convert PDF's to .mobi's through Calibre or just port them directly. The formatting is usually fine, and I would imagine most e-readers are compatible with those files.

>>13638462
Also fuck me, I've used the word 'literally' three times in this post. Perhaps e-readers do melt your brain and I don't know it.

[Anonymous No.13638607]

>>13638595
Quite badly. I wouldn't recommend an e-reader for PDFs. They are slow to load and turn pages, and scale to the screen in a weird way. Text formats work much better.

[Anonymous No.13638612]

>>13638607
What e-reader are you using?

[Anonymous No.13638651]

>>13638612
I think it's a Kindle Paperwhite 3.
>>13638606
Makes sense, maybe I should try that. Guess >>13638607 was an uninformed opinion based on my sole experience with the PW3.

[Anonymous No.13638655]

>>13638580
>muh eys are tired :(((
Ok pussy

[Anonymous No.13638659]

>spent $100 on a kobo
>load it up with dozens of books for a trip I'm taking
>weighs almost nothing and survives 2 weeks on a single charge
feels good to not give a shit, reading on your phone is awful Jesus christ unless you're a neet you can afford a fucking eReader

[Anonymous No.13638664]

>>13638655
There is a qualitative difference between looking at a competent e-reader screen and staring at an AMOLED backlit display for an afternoon. Add that up over thousands of hours reading, and you'd notice a difference.

[Anonymous No.13638668]

>>13638664
Get raped

[Anonymous No.13638675]

>>13638668
Ironically, using a phone more frequently would increase my chances of being raped. I can't book an unstable chink trans hooker from a Kindle.

[Anonymous No.13638677]

>>13638675
you could, but it would probably take 3x a long given the refresh rate every time you change page

[Anonymous No.13638689]

>He doesn't have a nice physical book collection in his house to get girls wet
What the fuck are you doing?

[Anonymous No.13638692]

>>13638677
kek

>>13638689
Like 40/50 books on a shelf max can look quite nice, especially if they're curated hardback titles. Past that, or rare editions, you're fooling yourself.

[Anonymous No.13638911]

>>13638553
which will last the longest? Paper or a lithium ion batteries charge and cheap chinese electrical components?

[Anonymous No.13639251]

>>13638911
how many times do you plan on re-reading Lolita anon?

[Anonymous No.13639972]

Ah who cares about a little space? just donate some books if you have too many.
e-readers:
1. Gah! shit! My book is nearly out of battery
2. A needless hassle
3. Yikes - is that guy really reading on a big-boy special little tablet? Paperfuck edition?

You don't need a little device to read, and it doesn't make it easier for the average person who's looking to read more. I think people get into these things because they like the idea of reading but just sitting down with a book is quite boring and is a thing for later.
>What I really need is specialist technology, then I'm going to pirate hundreds of books those losers argue about on the internet, starting with the Greeks, of course!
>NOW we're ready to READ.
>But I should probably get some more books on this bad boy first, wouldn't want to run out
sent from my iphone

[Anonymous No.13640010]

If I get one of these no one on on the train will know I'm reading Plato.

[Anonymous No.13640011]

>>13638462
A paperwhite gen 1 was the best investment i could have made to broaden my hobby and that is reading.
The most time consuming think aboit this is the search of what of actually want to read. Download,calibre format and transfer on device takes like 1minute.

[Anonymous No.13640048]

>>13638462
Make one with pages I can flip and maybe we'll talk.

[Anonymous No.13640061]

>>13638462
ereaders are only good for manga

[Anonymous No.13640239]

>>13638564
>reading pdfs on a smartphone
a smartphone nowadays is still smaller than a trade paperback or even one of those Oxford "A Short Introduction" books...

[Anonymous No.13640281]

Having both an e-reader and physical copies is the msot patrician choice

[Anonymous No.13640455]

I have a Kindle right now, and it's fucking awesome, but I want a bigger e-ink device for reading pdfs. Zooming in on pdfs is possible on kindle but clunkier than hell, I'd rather just have a much bigger screen and not need to zoom. Anybody got any leads? E-ink is a must, I already have tablets.

[Anonymous No.13640470]

>get an e-reader
>pirate everything
>purchase nice physical copies of your 10/10 favorites
>drown in pussy

[Anonymous No.13640473]

>why aren't you buying more conflict minerals and endangering miners???
I quite like miners. They're often the first to sign up to shoot Nazis.

[Anonymous No.13640481]

>yes i love using my e-reader, how did you know?

[Anonymous No.13640484]

>>13639972
>owning books
>when you could just make your slave memorize the stories you like and recite them at your leisure
fucking retard

[Anonymous No.13640485]

>>13638462
This is a way of ending book ownership. The only business model our decaying elite understand is rent-seeking. I refuse to pay Amazon to borrow a book I never truly own. An e-reader is a perfectly sensible thing to have so long as you actually have your own copies of everything.

[Anonymous No.13640488]

>>13640470
morganfreemanpointingfbboomermeme.jpg

[Anonymous No.13640490]

>>13640484
>having slaves with tongues
Only leads to problems in the end.

[Anonymous No.13640491]

>>13640473
what in the fuck are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.13640492]

>>13640485
Define “owning”

[Anonymous No.13640504]

Ok, I'm taking the e-reader pill. Which one would you guys recommend?

[Anonymous No.13640518]

>>13640491
Spanish civil war, Orwell, how all your devices are made with blood money like the Belgian Congo, songs your parents conceived you to when they still had dreams, take your pick, really
youtube.com/watch?v=cX8szNPgrEs

[Anonymous No.13640581]

>>13640455
There are no E-readers with big enough screen to comfortably use PDFs, use k2pdfopt to convert PDFs instead.

[Anonymous No.13640588]

>>13638462

I just like how paper feels in my hand more. I've always found touchscreens to be obnoxious.

[Anonymous No.13640596]

>>13640455
Boox, but it costs a fortune. Kobo Forma is pretty big, too.

[Anonymous No.13640718]

>>13640504
just get a kindle

[Anonymous No.13640858]

>>13638580
Okay amazon rep, we got it. Stop schilling now

[Anonymous No.13640939]

>>13640490
>he doesn't get a rimjob from his slaves

[Anonymous No.13641417]

posting with my paperwhite now. what more could i need?

[Anonymous No.13641430]

>>13638462
Why get an E-reader when I can just read on my phone?

[Anonymous No.13641494]

>>13641430
screen glare
screen size
wildly inferior battery
fingerprints