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Do you read books on pdfs to save yourself money?

>> No.15630746

>>15630738
Libgen has some incredible stuff that I would never have read otherwise. Don't feel bad at all about pirating

>> No.15630748

Yeah. If it's not readily available as a free pdf or epub I just lose interest.

>> No.15630753

nah, I print them in my local stationery store for dirt cheap

>> No.15630804

Occasionally
I have a kindle for backpacking/flights and I load it up with pdfs all the time. More often I get textbooks of libgen and print them out chapter by chapter so I can write notes and do the exercises on the page.
Still love the feel of a book, if I ever plan on reading something bigger

>> No.15630811

no
epub

>> No.15630813

>>15630738
no, epub.

>> No.15630817

>>15630738
>>15630746
>>15630748
>>15630753
>>15630804
Use .epub you stupid normalfag cunts. If I ever see you using .pdf IRL I will fucking strangle you to death.

>> No.15630823

>>15630817
No

>> No.15630824

>>15630753
>print them in my local stationery store for dirt cheap
is that a real option?

>> No.15630826

>>15630817
you wont do shit, you mouth gaped soi kindle using bugman.

>> No.15630839

>>15630824
yes, i load the PDFs onto a USB and ask the workers to print them, in the store they have a compute connected to one of those big printer machines, they also spiral bind it for me

>> No.15630848
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15630848

>>15630753
Based, if it's not on my bookshelf it's like I never even read it.

>> No.15630871

I love physical books for so many reasons but damn it's just expensive.
If i would to buy all the books that i wanted to read then it would require me sacrifice a hefty sum of my wealth. Like, ok, some people say the good knowledge is priceless but i still have other commitments.

>> No.15630872

>>15630738
No, I buy used books to save money. PDFs are for zoomer and I don't want to put knowledge in the hands of tech companies who produce ebook reader.
Wanna read? Just grab a book and read, and for a moment leave electronic devices.

>> No.15630894

Lol, i forgot my local library existed.
It's pretty big but i don't know if they have the good ancient Greece, stoicism books.
Also, 90% of the books are gonna be in Dutch anyway so that loses value.

>> No.15630897

>>15630817
Scanned books look better in pdf than epub

>> No.15630907

what's the appeal of epubs, much prefer the aesthetic of high quality book scans

>> No.15630963

>>15630804
Just curious, but how do scanned pdfs perform on kindle? i'm planning to buy one these days, but a lot of the theory i read in college are scans

>> No.15630984

>>15630963
The kindle has certain features that don’t work with PDFs (dictionary, Wikipedia links, font options, etc.) and every so often the kindle has trouble with the file and I have to close and reopen it, which is all unfortunate

However, having to read a lot of PDFs for school, it was by far the better option than either spending a bunch in printing or reading it off a laptop. The note taking function still works with PDFs too, so it definitely helps when I stumble across a big nonfiction PDF I’d like to read.
Hope that helps

>> No.15630994

>>15630963
Sometimes you have to run them through a program to get them to load at a reasonable rate especially the ones that look like photos from libgen. I use PDF Shaper and Scan Tailor together.

>> No.15631302

pdf convert to epub
delete pdf

>> No.15631839

>>15630984
>>15630994
Thanks, anons

>> No.15632088

>>15630738
Of course, but when I buy a book that's not either on libgen or zlib I scan and upload them as djvu's

>> No.15632102

>>15630817
With pdf is easier to quote and you can even work the text (notes, comments, highlight, etc.)

>> No.15632551

>>15630738
i don't have money to save

>> No.15633409

>>15630738
No. There's a wall in my mind between reading something on an electronic device and reading an actual book. It's not economically wise, but I prefer actual books. Computers, phones, etc, are a massive distraction to me. Burnt out dopamine receptors, I suppose.
That being said, if I come across something insanely rare, I guess I'll have no choice but to read it on PDF.

>> No.15633460

>>15630738
Yes, but it's also extremely convenient, especially now. Books aren't considered essential, so if you order from Amazon, you're gonna be waiting a lot longer. Even in normal times, I'd rather not wait and I'd rather not pay if I don't have to.
I pretty much only read academic books and articles. Most are exorbitantly priced, depending on the publisher, and a lot of academic books these days are just collections of articles on various subjects, sometimes only tangentially related. Many readers will only need the book for a few chapters, maybe even just one. Sometimes you can buy chapters separately, but they're still exorbitantly priced, as are articles. I'm not paying that shit, and I'm not waiting a week or more to just read one chapter.

>> No.15633465

>>15630738
You disgust me

>> No.15633503

>>15630907
more universal. though book scans can look good it is sometimes much easier for the text to automatically convert to a readers format no matter the device

>> No.15633528

>>15630817
On the contrary, epubs are for normalfags. They appeal to fiction readers who read for the sake of reading and don't need to cite what they read.

>> No.15633798

>>15630817
epubs are shit for citing, plus a lot of books aren't available in epub format, and fuck doing the conversions

>> No.15633978

>>15630817
I'll twist your tiny head off nigger