/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.18424867]

Bought my first home, and nearby library only has 2 sister libraries, meaning that i can only get books from 3 libraries total.
Seems that you shills were successful at making me buy this.

[Anonymous No.18424895]

Oooh look at him he goes to the librarino! What a smarty boy!

[Anonymous No.18424911]

>>18424895
Thank you for paying for your taxes so my library can get AC, good goy.

[Anonymous No.18424936]

>>18424867
if you buy real estate, you have to rent it out. never live in a house or apartment that you own.

[Anonymous No.18425048]

www.abebooks.com

[Anonymous No.18425145]

>>18424936
most retarded thing I've read today

[Anonymous No.18425366]

>>18425145
You and I.

[Anonymous No.18426121]

>>18424936

>tfw live with parents
>tfw worked for a decade to save up enough for a down payment on a house
>have zero expenses other than uni tuition
>bought a house, renting it out
>only a year’s worth of rent is left
>have zero friends and no gf so social reasons to move out are non-existent
>kind of want to move out to force myself to grow as my own man
>can continue living with them for a long time, and they want me to stay

Wat do

[Anonymous No.18426125]

>>18426121
A year of mortgage that is

[Anonymous No.18426158]

>>18426121

You must live in a good country, here it takes 30+ years to gather money to pay for a house and that's while living with your parents and saving expenses.

[Anonymous No.18426216]

>>18424867
I regard my ebook reader as the best purchase I've ever made. I can read MILLIONS of books for free now. Even recent bestsellers can be found on libgen.

[Anonymous No.18426585]

>>18426216

Upvoted and gold given

[Anonymous No.18426602]

>>18426216
Yet in actuality you won’t read anywhere close to that many

[Anonymous No.18426607]

Saving up for a nice expensive one.

Once kindle oasis comes up with color version then im shelling out

[Anonymous No.18426633]

I'm too autistic for e-readers. I can see how it can be a great purchase in conjunction with libgen, but I just like having actual paper to handle. Also, I like building up a collection of books for my bookshelf. Any other fellow paper autists?

[Anonymous No.18426664]

>>18426633
>my desire for physical manifestations of my mental disorders propagated by a lust for commodity fetishism is more important than the actual content of the medium
fuk u

[Anonymous No.18426733]

>>18426664
Ur a pseud, shut up

[Anonymous No.18426882]

>>18424867
which one to buy?

[Anonymous No.18426888]

>>18426633
>muh paipah
Thats what everybody says until they try reading on an ereader and see how massively better the experience is in all areas.

[Anonymous No.18426901]

>>18426888
E-readers are only good for short stories and fiction. They're bad for texts you need to flit through a few times, reference books, poems, text books...

[Anonymous No.18426934]

>>18426733
>says OOHH GOD PAPER IM GUNNA CUM
and u call me the pseud???

[Anonymous No.18426945]

>>18426882
Any kobo. I would go for the clara hd because of its size, easy to beinf with you everyday. I do not go anywhere without mine.
If you dont care about portability go have a look at the libra H2O. 7" screen and sweet buttons to click. Very satisfying.

Dont listen to any absolute noobfaggot talking about any amazon shit. You want a kobo and calibre with kobo plugin (on your pc). Shits so cash!

[Anonymous No.18426946]

>>18426934
>>18426664
I've noticed a lot of women are into books. Not reading. Not literature. Just, books. Physical books. They get some weird hoarding hormone go haywire when they can collect them. I swear librarians are perpetually rubbing one out to the mass of books they've managed to hoard and organise.

[Anonymous No.18426994]

>>18426945
thanks :)

[Anonymous No.18427017]

>>18426945
>>18426994
I wish the Clara HD had some physical buttons. It has enough bezel for it. The biggest plus to the Clara HD is it is THE perfect size to fit into a suit jacket breast pocket.

Still, I get tempted by a H2O and Forma...

[Anonymous No.18427133]

>>18426882
>>18426945

or just wait a year for prices to drop from new device

[Anonymous No.18427168]

I have a kindle PW but want to upgrade to a BOOX Nova3. Can anyone weigh in on it? Is it worth the ~$400?

[Anonymous No.18427207]

>>18427017
Clara hd with buttons and waterproof would be the perfect device. Also on/off button on the back like the aura2 had.

>>18427133
Kobo could come out with a new 6" this year. I think the clara got released in 2019. Its only 109€ here.

[Anonymous No.18427507]

>>18425048
Endgame website right here

>18424936
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[Anonymous No.18427515]

>>18426633
Yes, me, I use abebooks

[Anonymous No.18427519]

>>18427507
why this and not the-eye's bib mirror?

[Anonymous No.18427523]

>>18426216
>>18426888
I used to buy into the e-reader hate but since I've got one I've loved it; also I have actually been reading a lot more (I guess since I have access to so many more books) and am averaging about two hours a day, but I want to get up to at least three, preferably five

I still take notes on normal paper though; the e-reader's layout is kind of weird and highlighting passages is annoything

[Anonymous No.18427540]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-less-kindles-paper-study-plot-ereader-digitisation

what about this

[Anonymous No.18427552]

>>18425048
>>18426882
I would buy the Kobo. I have a Kindle but getting libgen and b-ok books on the Kindle is a bitch and a half.

[Anonymous No.18427558]

>>18427540
>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-less-kindles-paper-study-plot-ereader-digitisation
It doesn't mention what kind of screen the e-reader has, and the study with people reading on an ipad vs paper, and the one with people reading a PDF on a computer screen both involved normal LED or OLED screens; I know for sure that comprehension is a lot lower when reading off of a normal screen but I'd be interested to hear if there was any difference between paper vs e-ink readers, since e-ink readers are specifically designed to mimic the natural look of printed text on normal paper

[Anonymous No.18427563]

>>18426945
Can confirm the kobo libra H2O is amazing, I can never go back to e-readers without physical buttons

[Anonymous No.18427565]

>>18426882
The Kobo is very nice because it isn't tied to Amazon; I have the normal 'clara hd' one and it actually doesn't feel that small; it's also very light which means when I'm reading it bed I can hold it up and not get tired

the kobo clara is more expensive than the kindles though

[Anonymous No.18427572]

>>18427565
It's cheaper like-for-like with the paperwhite, which is its actual competitor.

[Anonymous No.18428571]

bros my kobo fucking broke and im too broke to buy a new one

[Anonymous No.18429237]

Does anyone here have a Boox Poke 3? I like the 6" screen size, but I wonder how it would handle the metadata from Calibre. Alternatively, should I stop being a metadata autist and just start putting my books in folders?

[Anonymous No.18430132]

>>18429237
Reviews say it sucks. Only good thing it has is type c.

[Anonymous No.18430190]

>>18424867
>he lives in a first world country and has a library nearby
based
>he does not know about PG or Internet Archive and thinks you either buy ebooks from amazon or lend them from the library
cringe

My ereader has saved me unfathomable amount of money since the last 10 years.

[Anonymous No.18430201]

>>18427552
>getting libgen and b-ok books on the Kindle is a bitch and a half.
Are you a technologically illiterate boomer?
On b-ok there is a "send to kindle" button right underneath every book. And even if you don't use that, you just download a book and then share the book straight to your ereader through calibre, by mail, don't even to plug in your device or anything. How is any of the above options complicated?

[Anonymous No.18430210]

>>18424867
Which e-reader is best to buy? I'm pretty cheap and want to sync it and the metadata to calibre.

[Anonymous No.18430405]

>>18430210
from what I gathered from this and other ereader thread is Kobo Libra H2O and dump epubs in that bad boy

[Anonymous No.18430555]

>>18427515
Support local book stores

[Anonymous No.18430706]

>>18427523
>HIghlighting passages is annoying
You probably aren't doing it right. On the kindle you have to just touch a word and then move your fingers over the lines you want to highlight, no menu, no selecting "highlight" or anything. Its much smoother than highlighting on paper ever was.

[Anonymous No.18431096]

I don't know about you guys, but I find it really difficult to finish a novel on my kindle these days. I originally bought a kindle to gain access to more books, especially as I live in South Africa and amazon shipping is too expensive. But after a few years, I've fallen completely out of love with the device. I'm tired of staring at screens all day. I think I'm going to sell it.

[Anonymous No.18431130]

>>18431096
thanks for keeping us up to date on the big decisions in your life

[Anonymous No.18431180]

>>18431096
you should start a blog

[Anonymous No.18431221]

>>18431130
>>18431180
>thread is about ereaders
>write a comment about my experience with them
>hurr durr nice blog
You guys honestly suck

[Anonymous No.18431507]

where in THE FUCK is a usb-c kindle?

[Anonymous No.18431802]

>>18431221
You came to the correct conclusion. Physical books are the only kind with SOUL

[Anonymous No.18432004]

>>18431096
Let me guess, you’re one of the guys who takes pictures of your food at a restaurant to post to Facebook. Gtfo with this blog shit.

[Anonymous No.18432083]

>>18432004
How was my post any different from the OPs? Talked about my ereader. Last time I post on /lit/ with you bitter idiots I swear

[Anonymous No.18432195]

>>18430405
Thank you!

[Anonymous No.18432202]

>>18426633
I used to think like you but then I moved to a shitty third world country where printing a book costs less than $1 so I just download everything from libgen and print it, i'm so happy

best of both worlds

[Anonymous No.18432229]

Oh allow me to ask: I like taking notes on the books I read, but I don't know any of that "text highlight" stuff, I want just an ebook reader that allows me to draw on the screen with a stylus, so I can just highlight by drawing a yellow line on top of the page. Is there such a reader out there, or am I stuck with tablets and PDF readers?

[Anonymous No.18432277]

>>18426633
I keep hardcover copies of my most important books.

[Anonymous No.18432306]

>live in a third world country
>tfw all bookstores don't sell classics and have poor catalog

[Anonymous No.18432347]

>>18432229
There are a lot of options. If price is not an issue check onyx boox

[Anonymous No.18432509]

>>18432083

Even more blog posting. Just gtfo but you’ll be back.

[Anonymous No.18433360]

>>18426158
hi fellow leafcuck

[Anonymous No.18433372]

>>18426888
Based and checked

[Anonymous No.18433407]

>>18428571
kijiji.
>>18426888
>12min per sesh
sit still relax brah.
>>18427507
thanks anon. this is why I come here. didn't know of this site.
>>18427558
I too worry about this. I don't feel as if I retain less though... and you?>>18430210
only ever used kobos and calibre.
>>18431096
maybe your attention span discipline is the issue and not the medium. Do you have the type where u can kill the back light 100%? that's critical. also i endnotes are hell on ereaders.

[Anonymous No.18433427]

>>18431802
>he reads books and not scrolls
ngmi

[Anonymous No.18434980]

>>18426607
Nice, I'm also want to buy the high end e-reader that has a large screen.

[Anonymous No.18435049]

>>18424867
1st world problems huh?
go fuck yourself with your shitty ereader

[Anonymous No.18435076]

Alright then chaps, I'm tempted. But what's the best e-reader to get? Kindle is most shilled but I hear a lot of noise about Kobo.

[Anonymous No.18435088]

>>18435076
Kobo only because it supports a lot of formats natively

maybe some other anon can confirm this but I heard that on Kindle you get a shit-ton of ads and you have to pay extra to remove them; I don't get any ads on Kobo

[Anonymous No.18435093]

>>18435088
you can use amazon customer support to remove ads for free

[Anonymous No.18435110]

>>18427540
>>18427558
The study is flawed in that it did not take into account what the readers were used to reading on. If all those people reading on ereaders where using ereaders for the first time they are going to be distracted by the novelty of it and they will have to think about how to do things like turn pages/scroll, their attention is divided between the device and the story. For the study to actually have merit it needs to compare readers who have similar experience levels on both sides and similar reading comprehension levels. I know of no study which has yet to show proper methodology, they are all skewed towards one side or the other either by design or necessity.

[Anonymous No.18435129]

I wish the battery life on these were what is claimed, the weeks statistic is based on 30 minutes of reading a day with light and all networking off.

[Anonymous No.18435138]

>>18426216
you won't read more than 1000 books.

[Anonymous No.18435149]

>>18426633
>Any other fellow paper autists?
Here, buddy. Real books are peak SOVL.

[Anonymous No.18435157]

>>18426664
I value both my eyesight and retention. Real books are still the king.

[Anonymous No.18435165]

>>18435157
>eyesight
e-ink

>retention
e-ink

are you retarded? Literally everybody knows about e-ink readers

[Anonymous No.18435267]

>>18435076
Kobo is best for the simple facts that:
It's easier to install random programs on
The Clara HD is a modern ereader that's relatively cheap, is 300ppi, and has an internal microSD (so it can become a 32GB ereader, or really any size; I have a 128GB card in mine)

[Anonymous No.18435274]

>>18435165
>Literally everybody knows about e-ink readers
which make you have a lower retention still

[Anonymous No.18435285]

tfw bought a paperwihte instead of a kobo. why didnt i check /lit/ beforehand

[Anonymous No.18435427]

>>18435285
If you got the most recent Paperwhite, you're unlikely to have any actual issues with it. The Kobo is slightly better in a few ways, but I personally hate the bezels on the Clara HD due to the fact that shit gets under them, whereas the Paperwhite lacks raised bezels. The PW is such a minor downgrade (and only in like one or two ways) that I wouldn't sweat it unless you've got thousands of books.

[Anonymous No.18435482]

is putting libgen epubs or pdfs just drap and drop

[Anonymous No.18435559]

>>18435076
PocketBook Touch Lux 5. It's faster than others, reads lots of formats (epub, pdf, docx, cbr, etc.), has two physical buttons to change pages (so you don't feel like you're scrolling through fucking facebook) but also touchscreen, you can add an SD card for additional storage, also has smartlight. Just download your books in your computer and send them to your PocketBook, no need for annoying processes of conversion and whatever else Amazon Kindle forces their customers to do.

[Anonymous No.18436620]

>>18435088
Just ask them nicely they will remove the ads for free.

[Anonymous No.18436750]

>>18435482
Yes for Kobo. You can use Calibre and some extensions for covers and metadata. You can also use that app to convert .epub to .kepub for more accurate pages numbers, otherwise if you have a smaller ereader and larger font you could have several "pages" be the same page number. The standard .epub sounds better imo.

Kindles have a couple extra steps.

[Anonymous No.18436776]

I bought a Kindle only because I get paid to explain how they work.
Love my Kobo! The new one this month is also a digital notebook but I don't think I'm a digital notebook person

[Anonymous No.18436789]

>dl .mobi from Zbooks
>email from smartphone to Kindle
>there are nearly an infinite number of sites and apps that will convert .epub to .mobi in case you can't find the ebook in .mobi
>then simply email the file
It's not hard.

[Anonymous No.18436849]

>>18433407
>kill the back light 100%
can you do this with the Clara HD?

[Anonymous No.18436852]

>>18436849
Yeah, I have a Clara HD and you can turn the light all the way off

[Anonymous No.18436867]

>>18436852
Ebin. Is 8gb enough? They say it's about 6000 epubs, I want 128gb via the mod cause I can. That can hold 100,000. No man should have all that power.

[Anonymous No.18436882]

>>18436867
I actually just upgraded my 8GB to 32GB a couple hours ago; with 8GB you actually get closer to 7 or 6.8 GB (due to the space taken up by the system I guess?) I personally feel like 8GB is too little just because I tend to hoard ebooks, but at the same time I might never fill up 128GB. I've also heard that the more books you store on the device, the slower it gets but I don't know if that's the case with newer versions or not (maybe another anon can confirm?)

I have heard that you can use a 256GB SD card in the device though; that's my eventual endgoal but the battery in the device will probably shit the bed before I fill all 256GB up

[Anonymous No.18436919]

>>18436849
I would listen to the other anonymous, my girlfriend bought my E reader off of Kijiji for cheap. Kobo for life
t. paid shill /s

[Anonymous No.18436943]

>>18436852
can you post a pic of it at 0% brightness and whatever orange level makes it look like paper?

[Anonymous No.18436961]

>>18436943
At 0% brightness you can’t change it to make it more orange, pic rel is what it looks like with the backlight completely turned off (0% brightness); it kind of looks like an etch-a-sketch

[Anonymous No.18436971]

>>18436961
Fuck forgot the pic

[Anonymous No.18436983]

>>18436961
>>18436971
Thanks anon that looks good. If you read before bed does affect your sleep as much as a real book does or somewhere between a book and a phone?

[Anonymous No.18436988]

>>18424867
Do you not have a phone?

[Anonymous No.18436995]

>>18436983
No actually, I've been reading maybe 30 minutes before bed almost every night for the past two weeks with it and its been much better for my sleep; it doesn't feel like reading on a phone at all and its a lot easier on your eyes (unless you turn the brightness up to 100%, then it might be a bit bright to stare at but its still a lot more comfortable than a phone or computer screen IMO)

[Anonymous No.18437258]

Do Kobos slow down the more books you put it on it? I'm debating what size SD card to mod into the Clara

[Anonymous No.18437373]

>>18426633
Have fun. It's nice to carry an e-reader around, but books have a charm to them.

[Anonymous No.18437382]

>>18424867
>3 libraries
They've got more books in storage than you could ever read, anon. Not to mention the shelves.

[Anonymous No.18437765]

How do you rate Kobo vs iPad Mini for those who have had used both?

[Anonymous No.18437772]

>>18437765
I have had neither and I can already tell you an e-ink display will be much easier on your eyes than an iPood.

[Anonymous No.18437925]

>>18437765
I'd recommend the Kobo unless you plan on doing more than just reading, its battery lasts much longer than an iPad's and nothing beats the readability of e-ink.

[Anonymous No.18437930]

>>18437765
It's much harder to waste time browsing 4chan on a kobo

[Anonymous No.18438029]

>>18436983
look up e-ink