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Why haven't you taken the kindle + libgen pill?

>> No.23405491

>>23405480
Because I'm not poor and having walls of physical books around makes me happy

>> No.23405493

>>23405480
Because libgen mostly has pdfs and those are a pain to read on kindle

>> No.23405495

Because libgen is Russian and thievery

>> No.23405512

>>23405480
can't believe i used to jerk off to this old hag

>> No.23405521

>>23405512
>can't believe i used to jerk off to this old hag
I can't believe it either, there's not much to her

>> No.23405527

>>23405480
Because I only read the monthly chapters of my favourite mangas.

>> No.23405529

>>23405480
Based. But I usually buy physical copies of books that I’d like to reread or reference again at some point.
>>23405493
Just convert to mobi with calibre desu.

>> No.23405541

>>23405529
>convert to mobi with calibre
then you lose chapters and other formatting

>> No.23405552

>>23405541
you're supposed to read one page and then go directly to the next page until you reach the end, what the fuck do you need formatting for

>> No.23405561

>>23405541
Ohh, that’s gay. I dunno how true this is but I’ve heard Kindle Scribe works better with PDFs. But it’s too many NEET bucks for me.

>> No.23405572

>>23405552
Non-fiction contains a lot of footnotes, good luck reading those without highlights and having to navigate to the end of the file and back.

>> No.23405583

Also this is more minor, but the length of pages left in a chapter is a nice-to-have feature of Epubs because then then you can schedule your time for reading so you don't stop in the middle of a chapter (you should be reading a chapter in one sitting and use chapter breaks as stopping points).
If I can get a book in Epub I'll go for it, I'll only accept pdf conversions if its absolutely necessary.

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>>23405572
if they were important they would have been added to the main text

>> No.23405596

>>23405588
Footnotes can be important and provide more insight but not directly relevant or fit with the flow of the main text.

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>>23405596
please stop responding earnestly to my shitposts

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>>23405610
No!

>> No.23405653

Does anybody have a proper tutorial on how to format a pdf with chapters to AZW3 in Calibre?

>> No.23405692

>>23405493
No, it has plenty of epubs
But libgen has a lot of textbooks, for fiction go to #bookz on IRC

>> No.23405698

Op I wish you would stop gargling cocks and cum for even one second so I could understand what you're saying

>> No.23405731

>>23405480
I literally have. I even had a physical book i wanted to read recently but i just downloaded it and read it on the kindle instead

>> No.23406590

>>23405493
I don't understand why people like you and OP are mentally inept and don't research things obsessively before you waste money. You're no different than normalfag redditors

In 2024 AD, you can purchase: https://fujitsuquaderno.com/product/fujitsu-quaderno-a4-2nd-gen/

If you're in the past circa 2014 to 2020, you can get a Sony DPS

If you're really in the past circa 2010 you can get the Irex DR1000

PDF capable ereaders have existed. I find it interesting people just turn into turbocope mode and pretend they don't exist and then seethe when they're brought to their attention and further cope that their shitty format or device is good enough. If you really didn't know about them, shame on you for not researching like a consoomer redditor and going WELLL UHHH THE POPULAR CHOICES ARE LETS SEE THE KOBO, DA KINDLE AND UHHH A NOOK. DIS ONE HAS 4.5 STARS AND REDDIT SAYS ITS GOOD *CLICK BUY* You deserve to suffer with your shit device and shit format unless you finally admit it is shit and move to the big boy e-reader club. I have more respect for ipad readers than you.

>waaaah it's expensive
It's called don't by the shitty cope device that's overpriced anyways and save your money and deal with not having anything for a few weeks, a month, or a year. If you really liked reading you wouldn't have done anything. I made minimum wage and bought one for $800.

Ease is the only argument for a kindle because of muh virtual store and if you are pirating that excludes the ease and replaces it with even more work thus defeating the one legimate reason some people own one.
>>23405529
>>23405541
Conversion doesn't work and messes with formatting. OCR botches words, throws in notes in the wrong places, ruins paragraphs. Its a lot of work for a bad outcome.
>>23405692
Epubs and mobi are shit formats even if you buy them it's just poorly OCRd content by people making minimum wage. Numerous instances entire paragraphs cut out and you wouldn't notice it because you have no frame of reference with simple(ton) text formats. PDF mogs epub because it's a facsimile of the actual book with pages 1:1 appearing exactly how they are printed.

>> No.23406605

>>23405491
Based

>> No.23406612
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My little monkey brain cannot retain anything complex read from a screen. Physical books? Audiobooks? I remember forever.

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>>23405480
I like owning things and being happy

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>>23405480
no. i took the likebook + z-lib pill and never looked back.

>> No.23406677

>>23405480
But I have.
Literally free and unlimited reading.

>> No.23406679

>>23405480
because I've already taken the kobo + anna's archive pill

>> No.23406683

Jews kike digital books (easier)

>> No.23406796

>>23405491
kek, bugman
>>23405480
I have, and I've never felt so free to learn

>> No.23406801

>>23406590
Supreme meltdown

>> No.23406824

>>23406590
>paying $800 to read PDFs

i just installed different software on my kobo. reads pdfs just fine, though i don't know if they've tried to lock down newer models.

>> No.23407127

I took the Pocketbook + Z-lib pill.

>> No.23407165

>>23406590
For my use case thats like offering a tablet (a very expensive one at that) to someone looking for a smart phone

>> No.23407219

But I have. I only get physical books if I can't find it online or I want a specific edition that isn't digitised/I can't find

>> No.23407248

>>23405491
You will be though

>> No.23407356

>>23406614
I "own" all the epubs I definitely purchased

>> No.23407423

>>23405480
I took the kobo + libgen pill instead

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23407425

Once again I am asking your help in optimizing pdf documents composed entirely of scanned pages

>> No.23407469 [DELETED] 

because I have a kobo libra 2

>> No.23407554

>>23407425
Why isn't this standard practice? I wasted like 40 mins trying to download the economist Walras' works only for the 80MB download to fail halfway through.

>> No.23407561

I enjoy owning things physically

>> No.23407579

>>23407561
You like to decorate your living room, more like.

>> No.23408264

>>23405480
read aloud + libgen

open pdf in browser and the computer reads it for you