/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.16566238]

How do people read E-books?
I think I'm too ADHD, I can't make any progress unless I'm reading off a physical book.

[Anonymous No.16566341]

>>16566238
You are literally holding a star trek machine. You are using the technology dreamed about for hundreds of years. It's fucking cool as shit. And our zoomer monkey brains find it fucking fascinating. We have been trained to read from screens most of our lives, so an ereader actually tricks me into reading more than if I picked up a book.

It's never about willpower, it's about systems. Set yourself up for success and know your weaknesses.

[Anonymous No.16566348]

I wish i could read physical books but I just cant focus i always have to adjust my body and have to read the same pages over and over i want to die i just want to have a nice library and read but its so hard now

[Anonymous No.16566378]

I enjoy pirating the book for my e-reader, and if it's good I'll buy a physical copy and keep it pristine in my collection.

[Anonymous No.16566379]

I finally picked up an e-reader yesterday. Why the fuck did I wait 15 years to do this

[Anonymous No.16566393]

>>16566379
What kind did you get? I have a kobo clara HD coming in the mail this week. I'm excited. My old kindle keyboard died on me months ago.

[Anonymous No.16566396]

>>16566238
>turn a page
>cum from the sensation of making progress instead of appreciating the content
I want to hate you but it feels wrong because you have a brain deficiency

[Anonymous No.16566405]

>>16566393
Current gen kindle paperwhite. Probably paid way too much but fuck it, I'm having a great time with it already

[Anonymous No.16566417]

I've been looking at the paperwhite myself, anyone have an off brand alternative that's just as good but cheaper and doesn't charge you to remove ads?

[Anonymous No.16566430]

>>16566405
I'm really excited to load up a bunch of classic literature, philosophy, and leftist theory. Gon' b gud. Or maybe some shlocky scifi/fantasy. I don't even know. I'm pretty hype.

[Anonymous No.16566532]

>>16566238
Get a kindle paperweight. Best fucking investment I've ever made. I just pace around my house like an autist all day when I have free time reading with it. Download rtf files from wherever and send them over to the kindle. $100 investment and you can read any book in the world for free with it. The quality is phenomenal and I never feel like I'm reading off a screen.

[Anonymous No.16566669]

>>16566405
>>16566417
>>16566532
Based paperwhite anons

[Anonymous No.16566708]

I like Kindles but I hate that only the most expensive model has the physical buttons.

[Anonymous No.16566868]

>>16566405
>>16566532
>>16566669
Honestly, I don't think there's a reason to pick the Paperwhite over the last gen basic Kindle, which also has a lit display, and if you were to pick the basic Kindle, the Kobo Clara HD is probably a better option (no ads, same res and PPI as the Paperwhite).

If you're going to invest some extra bucks, just get an Oasis or a Kobo Libra (which I just checked and it sells for $150 which is insane).

If you don't have any, maybe wait out a bit since new Kindle models should be advertised soon.

[Anonymous No.16566929]

>>16566238
I enjoy reading with my VR headset. Ideally, though, I'd own a physical book copy and read that.

[Anonymous No.16567173]

>>16566238
I read on the lappy with the 2 page spread on the e-reader. Books finish surprisingly faster that way.

[Anonymous No.16567196]

What should I do before my Kobo comes in the mail? I downloaded calibre and I have some books I want to put on it. I know that settings are generally personal preference but what do y’all do? I feel like there has to be an optimal way to set things up that isn’t just obvious ‘read books lol’. With technology there’s always something to improve it. I heard you can replace the SD card for more memory, may do that later. But what about organizing books? I feel like 8 gigs of books as just a list is going to be a nightmare? What are your unexpected issues that cropped up when you started using an e reader?

[Anonymous No.16567236]

Anyone else's Paper white battery seem to be draining faster over time? I've had mine for 3 years now and the battery drains much faster than at the start. I always have it in airplane mode and the brightness is either on zero or low
Same thing happened with my Nook touch that I had before the kindle

[Anonymous No.16567252]

any opinions on the Kindle Oasis?

[Anonymous No.16567257]

>>16566929
Horrible

[Anonymous No.16567273]

>>16567196
If your eyesight is okay, keep in mind that an average book has 8 to 12 words per line so adjust margins and font size accordingly.

Uploading thousands of ebooks to an ereader makes no sense to me but then I cured myself of digital hoarding when dial up was still a thing and shortly after when you could burn a ton of anime on DVD-Rs.
I heard Kobos allow nested categories (i.e., categories and subcategories) to organize your books, which Kindles don't, so it might be slightly less messy on one.
Still, even if my Kindle had 4 times the capacity it has (measly 1.5 gb) I wouldn't bother uploading more than 100 books tops (that's close to a full year worth of reading). I have 50 or so permanent ones I sometimes re-read or check their highlights or annotations, and the other 50 is stuff I plan to read sooner rather than later.
If I uploaded 400 ebooks, a couple years later I wouldn't even remember why some of those books interested me. Being selective with the stuff I upload is a way of "self hyping" when the options are almost infinite and reminding myself of them by managing my Calibre library. It's similar to having a manageable "stack" and a physical bookshelf.

Unless you'll routinely find yourself without computer access for months, I'd recommend you do the same.

[Anonymous No.16569044]

any good sites to download non english epubs and educational stuff other than amazon?

[Anonymous No.16569075]

>>16569044
In spanish or catalan, epublibre.org is really good.
Another (not as good) spanish option would be lectulandia.co

I'm sure libgen offers -well known- books in plenty of languages tho

[Anonymous No.16569106]

Nearly any book I want for free
entire library at my finger tips
0 wear and to the actual book
no physical limitations to storage

>I can't make any progress unless I'm reading off a physical book
sounds like you fucked your reward system further proving the superiority of ereaders

[Anonymous No.16569111]

ebooks are reddit

[Anonymous No.16569129]

>>16569111
u r reddit

[Anonymous No.16569203]

Is it supposed to be a coincidence that this thread was made two hours before prime day? Kindles suck and only gooks want to read "literature" from a battery-powered e-cuck display.

[Anonymous No.16569238]

E-readers are a fucking meme, just read on a smartphone you dickheads. I'm not carrying one more device around for something as simplistic as opening epubs.

[Anonymous No.16569276]

>>16566238
I can only use an ebook if I buy the audiobook to go along with it, otherwise it becomes too much of an eyestrain. And while I dislike how makes the reading process a passive experience I do like having the Amazon library on my fingertips.

[Anonymous No.16569301]

>>16566378
So what are you using. And disk size ?

[Anonymous No.16569335]

there is literally zero reason to read these days when porn and videogames exist

[Anonymous No.16569336]

>>16569335
based

[Anonymous No.16569368]

>>16569238
>t. never have seen an e-reader

[Anonymous No.16569379]

>>16569368
My mother owns one because she's an old boomer woman with poor vision and needs something that can display F U C K H U G E letters to read. Not sure what you're hinting at. Even the pocket-sized ebooks are still bulkier than a smartphone.

[Anonymous No.16569399]

>>16569203
pseud
also, kindle is not the only good reader on the market

[Anonymous No.16569444]

>>16569399
Bezos's balls-sucking cuck
All e-readers are junk, especially the Kindle.

[Anonymous No.16569449]

>>16567196
Honestly? Don't bother loading thousands and thousands of books on a Kobo or any e-reader. Or even hundreds. Or more than a dozen, if that. Sure you CAN put GB worth of books on it... but it's a pain in the ass to organize them since you have to do it manually.

Just keep a dozen or so books on at a time, then take them off when you're done with them. Keep them backed up on a laptop or whatnot.

[Anonymous No.16569457]

>>16566341
This OP
Use an E-Reader like it will be the only thing a caveman would find if the world end, and building your own Library of Alexandria - all the in the palm of your hand

[Anonymous No.16569475]

>>16569444
ok pseud

[Anonymous No.16569490]

get the onyx boox max 3 and you will never go back

[Anonymous No.16569524]

>COMFORTABLE
No more page turning, lighter than any book. E-Ink means no eye strain or blue light (ignore the shills).
>DURABLE
Kindle PW is waterproof. Get a nice case to make it drop and scratch proof too.
>PORTABLE
I have a large library with me wherever I go. Each ebook is usually no larger than 2 or 3 MB.
>AFFORDABLE
Pirate all your ebooks. No more paying (((publishers))) their royalty shekels. Think of it as a one-time payment of a hundred or so dollars for unlimited books.

TAKE THE E-BOOK PILL BROS.

[Anonymous No.16569570]

>>16566341

>Reading a book
>get phone to look up a word
>barraged by time, date, weather, temperature, background, social media notifications, you have new mail, you have new messages
>ignore it all and open web browser
>shows page of my last search, forcing me to think about it, mind exposed to whatever ads are on the page
>quickly close it and open a fresh tab
>fresh tab fills with suggested searches, recommended youtube videos, political quibbling, news media bullshit, all stuff it has algorithymically calculated to draw my attention
>force myself to ignore it as I type in the word I want to lookup
>click on a dictionary page, after scrolling past the paid-for advertised search results
>dictionary page loads up, filled with adverts, quizzes, trends, demands to accept cookies, suggested searches and links to other sites
>scroll down to try and find where the word definition is
>phone pings and the screen is blocked by a pop-up from a recieved message
>finally get word definition, close phone and go back to book

>technology dreamed about for hundreds of years

No. The Starship Enterprise isn't smothered in burgerking adverts and filled with 24/7 shitty pop music. Even the Ferengi homeworld isn't like that.

The mobile phone is not a feeder of minds, it's a destroyer of them.

Anyone who turns off their phone or loses their internet connection for a week immediately tells everyone how fantasically transcendental the experience is. We're all victims of the attention economy.

[Anonymous No.16569652]

>>16569203
>Is it supposed to be a coincidence that this thread was made two hours before prime day?
Just how new are you? There's always one thread about ereaders, sometimes two

[Anonymous No.16569900]

>>16566238
>>16566341
>>16566348
>>16566378
>>16566379
>>16566393
>>16566405
>>16566417
>>16566430
>>16566532
>>16566669
>>16566708
>>16566868
>>16566929
>>16567173
>>16567236
>>16567252
>>16567273
>>16569044
>>16569106
>>16569129
>>16569276
>>16569368
>>16569399
>>16569449
>>16569457
>>16569490
>>16569524
>>16569652
Blatant shilling. It's over. Amazon and Reddit own this site now. No point reading commercialized forums. Fuck you all and your mothers too.

[Anonymous No.16569926]

>>16569203
A book about e-readers? on MY /lit/?

[Anonymous No.16569971]

>>16569900
>commercialized
Imagine paying for a physical book lmao

[Anonymous No.16569978]

>>16569971
imagine not

[Anonymous No.16570009]

>>16569900
just brought a kindle :-)

[Anonymous No.16570053]

>>16569524
>muh blue light
>muh eye strain
Man if only literally every phone on the planet had the option of turning that shit off

[Anonymous No.16570067]

>>16569900
Amazon makes more money from actual books than you buying a kindle and pirating books.

Their best profit margin is you buying ebooks, but as long as you are not retarded you can avoid that.

[Anonymous No.16570077]

>mfw ebook vs paper wars
Why not both? Please stop being poor and retarded both modes of reading have their own advantages.

[Anonymous No.16570106]

>>16570077
no you do not understand, you MUST take a side, you cannot enjoy both modes

[Anonymous No.16570119]

>>16570077
paper till i die

[Anonymous No.16570148]

>>16566238
I had an e-reader. It was a nice device, but like my cellphone I shoved it aside and keep it in a drawer. I prefer the weight and discipline necessary to shelve and carry the books I read. I also prefer to see the physical progress of my studies and readings.
E-readers are to books what debit cards are to bank accounts. It may be much more convenient, but it will never hold up in aesthetics to the physical embodiment.

[Anonymous No.16570159]

>>16570148
>tldr I care more about people seeing that I have read than reading

[Anonymous No.16570163]

>>16570148
what the fuck

[Anonymous No.16570252]

>>16570106
Amazon is literally burning books by permitting the resale of in-print used books. Amazon is destroying the physical book industry. The Amazon marketplace sells most public domain books for a small profit. Amazon can disappear any book they like from your Kindle, and the device uses silent updates whenever an internet connection is established. It's entirely conceivable that users could wake up to find that Amazon corporate has inserted communist propaganda into their ebooks, but this will never happen because people who read on ereaders are incapable of paying attention to what they're reading. Funding the destruction of physical books and the written word has nothing to do with enjoying both modes of reading. Amazon basedcucks should be ashamed.

[Anonymous No.16570398]

>>16570252
I have a Kobo, though

[Anonymous No.16570423]

>>16566238
reading ebooks is comfy
>whatever position you want
>you dont need to spend 30sec to search words on dictionary or in your phonr
>you can read books wherever you want
>free

[Anonymous No.16570472]

>>16569900
Well first off, fuck your mother. Second of all, the reason kindles are cheap is because amazon expects women to pay for them and then use either overdrive or buying direct from the kindle store. Furthermore, if you were to buy your kindle second hand you could really the THE MAN whats up faggot

[Anonymous No.16570487]

>>16570252
>none of this is true and i am a retard

1. The physical book industry only cares about inflated price textbooks and memoirs by womyn of color. Fuck em
2. Before kindles i used the library and used book stores exclusively. The last new book I bought was Children of Hurin, and that was for a first edition.

[Anonymous No.16570495]

>>16570252
>amazon
>communist propaganda
lol that would be some dope hacktivism by some lefty willing to go to jail tho

[Anonymous No.16570510]

Likebook Mimas. Money well spent.
10.3 inch flexible screen with the resolution of 1872 x 1402
Electromagnetic screen, support for 4096-level sensitivity, with palm rejection
Two-color headlights make reading more comfortable in different dark environments
Octa-core RK3368 CPU and 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM
Writing faster than any other brand on the market
With SD card slot, maximum support for 128G expansion, speaker, microphone and physical page buttons
Charging time is 3 hours, the normal reading mode can be used for about 10 days
Android 6.0 OS
Support Bluetooth 4.1
Type-C charging
Built-in 4700mAh lithium-ion battery
Material: ABS

[Anonymous No.16570579]

Cringe: buying physical books (enriching jews)
Bluepilled: buying ebooks (enriching jews)
Based: stealing from the library (taxpayers enriching you)

[Anonymous No.16570596]

>>16570579
>buying ebooks

[Anonymous No.16571071]

>>16570009
Same, I just ordered a kindle because of prime day

[Anonymous No.16571337]

>>16570053
If only they used E-Ink.

[Anonymous No.16571491]

>>16571337
>With this patented E-Ink™ technology, goy, your eyes will be safe from ummm *shuffles deck* Blue Light (medical term)! Now purchase our slow as shit 300$ device that has 0.001% of a smartphone's functionality

[Anonymous No.16571497]

>>16571491
Cheapest Kindle sells for 90 bucks, contrarian retard.

[Anonymous No.16571534]

>>16571491
It doesn't look like a phone screen at all. It looks like paper. It's much nicer to read on E-Ink devices.
>300$ device
Kindle PW is ~$100 Leafbux

[Anonymous No.16571835]

>>16570495
A common phenomenon.

[Anonymous No.16571879]

>>16566238
Yeah this and also e-books is modern technocrats staging for a book burning as soon as book stores close down because 'they refuse to promote sensitive material'

[Anonymous No.16571911]

>>16571879
Ah yes, the technocrats are deathly afraid of BOOKS, the most powerful artform that inspires millions of people to stage revolutions.

[Anonymous No.16571962]

>>16571911
What? Tech companies are developing a chokehold on media.

>video - Netflix
> music - spotify
> news - have you read the news lately also bezos owns the Washington post
And since you've passively accepted that ebooks give tech companies ownership over what you read, it seems you're in agreement with that one. It wouldn't be to prevent a revolution, it would be to create a public that's unable to understand anything outside of what companies feed them.
It's like you haven't even read 1984

[Anonymous No.16571985]

>>16571835
I never understood this comic

[Anonymous No.16572002]

>>16571962
Maybe you should read Brave New World while you're at it and realise that big tech magnates don't give a single fuck about the things you read because you're a powerless maggot that will never be able to challenge them in any way, shape, or form. They'll gladly sell you all the Mein Kampfs, Cultures of Critique, Lands or whatever the fuck passes for "threatening" literature in your opinion. Because the fuck you're going to do about it, make a snarky post on 4chins?

[Anonymous No.16572008]

I ain't gonna lie, just something about the kindle feels better than reading on a phone. I read a lot when I had a kindle. Then one day, and I am absolutely not kidding, I was on the train going home from school, I got a call from my mother, put the kindle on my lap, talked for 3 mins, picked it back up... frozen. That was literally the end of it. Didn't fall, didn't get hit, just put it down on my lap. It was perfectly fine before.
That may have been the beginning of my reading decline.

I should buy another kindle some day, but it feels a bit like a waste of money when I have phones and tablets now, that are in theory the same thing

[Anonymous No.16572038]

>>16570148
Coomsoomer cope

[Anonymous No.16572051]

>>16570252
Anon you forgot your meds

[Anonymous No.16572064]

>>16571491
Spent 90 bucks on a kindle, then download a shit ton of books, at the end of the day you saved money retard coomsoomer

[Anonymous No.16572092]

>>16572002
Actually I haven't read brave new world and if that's one of the ideas I'll get from it that sounds pretty compelling, I'll give it a look

[Anonymous No.16572125]

>>16572008
My kindle keyboard worked for a decade and then one day the screen froze when taking it out of sleep mode. I spent hours taking it apart and trying to fix it. I could not.