I accidentally compared ebooks to print books, unbiased

[Anonymous No.16488928]

>read ebooks exclusively for at least two years now
>visit grocery store
>I notice that it has a small section of books
>stop and open a book
>immediately think to myself something like "This is so easy to read; zero strain, or buttons to press, or UI, or screen to swipe, or internet connection. Wow. This is truly effortless to read and manipulate."
That's that for ebooks, I think. I did not intend to compare them. I was thinking about my groceries. It was an unconscious "that book looks interesting", and because I was so acclimated to reading from devices, the surprise contrast between that and the print book was so striking and enticing that I do not know how I could ever choose the ebook for quality of life now.

[Anonymous No.16489168]

>>16488928
and you can read them anywhere you want :3

[Anonymous No.16489991]

>>16488928
Welcome to paradise, friend.

[Anonymous No.16490129]

In the thread b4 a boat load of buyers remorse, cost funk fallacy fueled anger, and poorfags

[Anonymous No.16490139]

yeah op, some of us might just call it "soul"

[Anonymous No.16490143]

>>16488928
Welcome, patrician. Also in here before the thread gets flooded with shills

[Anonymous No.16490171]

>>16488928
inb4 all of those
>"kindle? best $50 i ever spent in my life"
posts

[Anonymous No.16490173]

>zero strain
Enjoy reading in poor light conditions, or when the font is too small or has uncomfortable style, while I easily customize these things on the fly.
>buttons to press, or UI, or screen to swipe
Whoa you learned how to turn the pages with your mind? I guess you also really enjoy the comfortable experience of holding a paperback brick that requires physical effort to stay open, and has pages falling out of it by the time you're finishing the book. Real next gen shit.
>or internet connection
Yeah I hate internet too. I like to sit in my cave and ooga my booga like a real man

[Anonymous No.16490189]

>>16490173
>uuuuh my wrists can't hold a book
I can tell that you're an urbanite fag

[Anonymous No.16490190]

>>16490173 is not a logical argument, only (angry)opinions.

[Anonymous No.16490207]

>>16490189
I'm not the one bitching about the gargantuan task of pressing a button

[Anonymous No.16490213]

>>16490173
You sound like a bitch lmao

[Anonymous No.16490218]

>>16490189
you couldn't tell by this fags absolute confusion regarding not having constant access to the internet? at best its probably some edgy 12 year old who doesn't know any better lmao

[Anonymous No.16490243]

>>16490207
Why would anyone want to press a button to turn the page instead of turn the page?

[Anonymous No.16490268]

I am a luddite myself, but even I primarily read ebooks, buying physical copies only of those that I wish to collect. All arguments like "oof pressing the buttons is too much work" are just plain stupid, this technology is the equivalent of the printing press for our times, I have read such medieval and early modern works finding which in physical form would have been very difficult, and expensive as well, and unlike as from a library, I have these books with me forever, and unlike physical books, I get them for absolutely zero money. Also I have read books illustrated with good old illustrators like Dore, which wouldn't have been possible for me otherwise, either because of difficulty in finding the suitable editions, or their being too expensive. Your arguments against ereaders are the modern equivalent of "I could never read printed books, I always want my books to be unique, with the thought that a scribe spent so many hours hunched over in candle light just to prepare this volume for me", or "lmao look at that poorfag reading that mass produced printed book, that's what separates them from us patricians".

[Anonymous No.16490293]

>>16488928
yeah but I can't carry the magic mountain around in my pocket

[Anonymous No.16490346]

>>16490268
Nobody argued anything.

[Anonymous No.16490400]

I got a iPad mini with some app and I just scroll. It's so easy to literally scroll through a book. No buttons. May access the index to jump real quick between places but other than that, no bookmarks needed or keeping track. The app remembers all of it.
I don't highlight, take as much notes but my experience has been about the same or better.
Also, easily got a 100+ book library of absolute bangers just from downloading them. You people know how expensive some of these esoteric shit is (philosophy)?

[Anonymous No.16490431]

is note taking good on the kindle or kobo? I really like writing in my books and is why I'm not an ebook guy

[Anonymous No.16490432]

I used to travel a lot for work, and other than exploring where I was in the evenings, my only activity in shitty hotel rooms was reading.

Being able to electronically carry an entire bookcase with me was an absolute godsend.

Oh, and all those books were free.

[Anonymous No.16490444]

>>16488928
>zero strain
e-ink
>zero buttons to press
most ereaders these days are touch, literally easier than turning a page
>internet connection
you only need an internet connection to download the book, afterwards it can be on plane mode forever. Since I pirate most books I don't even need to connect it to amazon, just transfer the books to from my computer.

[Anonymous No.16490449]

>>16490431
Note taking is a hassle with e-ink, I wouldn't recommend it. The only reason I would buy physical over electronic.

[Anonymous No.16490455]

God I miss my kindle. RIP

[Anonymous No.16490523]

>>16488928
Imagine using the internet connection on your ereader kek. Just download/buy the books on your computer and use Calibre to organize and push them to the device, idiot.

[Anonymous No.16490536]

>>16490523
imagine doing all that shit when you can just open a book lmao

[Anonymous No.16490617]

>>16490536
the correct equivalence would be:
... when you can just buy a book (go to the store, order it only, library, etc.)

typical book buyer intelligence

[Anonymous No.16490702]

>>16488928
>Another ebook vs physical book thread

midwits think it is a question of either/or and will either read all books in ebook format or buy every single book they ever wanted to read; the obvious solution which would have been clear to anyone with a modicum of intelligence is to consider various factors like convenience, availability, purpose etc. for a book and buy or download accordingly

[Anonymous No.16490706]

>>16490129
>cost funk
east or west cost?

[Anonymous No.16490731]

>using (((Kindle)))
>complains about internet connection
You fags do realise that there are dozens of better, cheaper brands that do not require you to upload your data on GoyCloud, right?

[Anonymous No.16490756]

Idk what it's like in other countries, but I assume Australia is more expensive than everywhere else as usual, so I just download ebooks for free to save money. The only place I've found a book for cheap was at an antique or second hand store, which is fine when you want to read Shakespeare or Tom Clancy, but a terrible place to go to look for something specific. Otherwise I try a bookshop and spend $25 minimum for one book.

[Anonymous No.16492354]

>>16490756
Auscunt here too, ebooks for me similarly to save my shekels.

[Anonymous No.16492368]

>>16490756
have you never heard of a library

[Anonymous No.16492378]

>>16490731
you can just turn off wifi retard

[Anonymous No.16492389]

E-books lack character. Physical books are more than the words they contain, they're also tools to simulate your senses and adjust your thinking.

[Anonymous No.16492446]

>>16490432
Wow.

That is very interesting.

Thank you, Reddit.

[Anonymous No.16492540]

>>16490129
>>16490171
>>16490143
They all arrived after and shilled anyway. Why do they do this? Why are they so insecure?

[Anonymous No.16492545]

>>16492368
Libraries in my parents town and my own are both shit. It's just self help books, terrible non fiction and somewhat popular fiction by literally who authors. I have never once found what I was looking for in a library. Not sure what the rest of the country is like.

[Anonymous No.16492556]

who fucking cares
why cant you do both?
why does it have to be one or the other?

[Anonymous No.16492584]

I like my kindle, but I read mostly print books. I have things like Bible/Tao Te Ching on it. I like kindle for reading philosophy, because it's good for taking notes.

For novels I read print books.

[Anonymous No.16492695]

>>16488928
buy a real ebook reader and you will not have this problem

[Anonymous No.16492704]

>>16488928
I like to read hands free. ereader on the floor with my head hanging over the edge of the bed is peak comfy

[Anonymous No.16492726]

onyx boox max 3

[Anonymous No.16492729]

>>16492584
what? it's retarded for taking notes, the keyboard and response time fucking sucks, compared to quickly writing something in the margin with a pencil

[Anonymous No.16492786]

>>16490129
It is mostly insecure poorfags wailing like faggots toward people who have more books than them

[Anonymous No.16492794]

Yes, nothing compares to good old cocks. You know, I need to smell it, touch it, feel its weight in my hands. I have nothing against those ecocks, dildos, whatever they call them, don't get me wrong, but I bet those give you throat strain too. Nothing comes even close to the feeling of a real smelly throbbing nigger donger cooming in my ass, no plugs needed

[Anonymous No.16492810]

>>16492794
I'm also a poorfag so I can't buy an ecock, they're too expensive. Massive, juicy, rock hard niggercocks are cheap as well, so I don't understand why anyone would choose those

[Anonymous No.16492832]

>>16488928
based
my nook broke so fast

[Anonymous No.16493072]

>>16492810
a good ebook reader costs as much as 20 books

[Anonymous No.16494165]

>>16492786
wait I thought U R A CONSOOMER was the typical paperfag "argument"

[Anonymous No.16494192]

>>16494165
That's not an argument, but an opinion.

[Anonymous No.16494221]

>eye strain
??? there's no eye strain with e-ink fucking retard.good god ebooks threads are bad for my heart

kys op fucki,g aggot

[Anonymous No.16494250]

What the fuck is "eye strain" you utter fucking gaylords? Even google gives up trying to define in. Do you just blindly believe whatever buzzword is used to sell you Product?

[Anonymous No.16494328]

>>16490702
This. But I'm here for the memes, not the truth.