/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.2924543]

So /lit/, what's your excuse for still reading off of paper like a caveman?

[Anonymous No.2924548]

To spite smug assholes like yourself. So how much does Kindle pay you to start these threads?

[Anonymous No.2924550]

cavemen feel emotions
robots cannot

[Anonymous No.2924556]

>>2924548
Kindle pays me in sweet, sweet convenience.

[Anonymous No.2924561]

> Paying for Kindle when many good classics are free on Google Books on all devices, including phones.

[Anonymous No.2924564]

What's your excuse for buying a separate device specifically for reading when a portable multipurpose device (e.g., a laptop) has the same functions, plus others?

Fuck off with your advertising.

[Anonymous No.2924566]

>Reading books that aren't in the public domain
>2012
You shiggy, my niggy?

[Anonymous No.2924569]

>>2924561
>>2924564

>never seen an eInk device in action
Have fun with your eye strain by reading off of an illuminated screen for hours.

[Anonymous No.2924570]

because the scent of dead trees in my hands, a forest on my shelf

[Anonymous No.2924573]

>>2924550
>>2924556
Well done to the both of you.

I have a kindle and continue to read books as well. However, I prefer the kindle over reading a book 9/10 times.

>Easier to hold and allows for a more versatile reading position.
>Adjusting the font. (I have bad eyes and sometimes the font is so small it's annoying).
>Adding annotations without ruining the book.
>Looking up words and phrases with ease.
>Instant delivery of any book available.
>Essentially, your whole collection of books is readily available.
>Privacy when in public.

Escalators don’t threaten stairs.

[Anonymous No.2924578]

>>2924570
Okay, this one I can concede on. I do dig that book smell.

>>2924566
Gutenberg supports MOBI, and any free-domain .epub or other formats are easily converted with Calibre.

Seriously, I can refute damn near any excuse anyone can give me, these things are fuckin' awesome.

[Anonymous No.2924579]

>>2924573
>Adding annotations without ruining the book.

The whole point of heavy annotations is to give the impression that you've wholeheartedly perused your book by giving it the appearance of age and decay. Don't be a pleb.

[Anonymous No.2924583]

>buy an eReader
>pirate books 4ever

I gotta say, having a thick book like Ulysses on a eReader is very convenient. I mostly read at night time, and I hate having a heavy book sit on my chest.

[Anonymous No.2924585]

>>2924579
>Making annotations just to make yourself look smarter

[Anonymous No.2924590]

>>2924579
I guess so. I usually try to avoid annotations knowing that I will most likely give the book to someone who I think would enjoy it.

So, that's one of the cons of the kindle.

[Anonymous No.2924593]

>>2924543
>bookfags will switch over to e-readers in 10-20 years because they stop making books
>feels good when bookfags cry :3

[Anonymous No.2924597]

>buy kobo e-reader, $99
>pirate any book I want
>download over thousand of books
>buy 8 gig SD card for like $26 to expand kobo memory (it takes up to 32 gigs max)
>download thousands of more books
>my book collection is big as a local library
>fuck I'm gangster.

[Anonymous No.2924600]

>>2924593
Will people read in 10-20 years?

[Anonymous No.2924603]

>>2924600
Yes, I still why not.

[Anonymous No.2924607]

>tfw reading on e-link, it feels so good compared to reading on paper because that shit hurts my eyes
>book faggots think they're smart because they got a book shelve full of books, that's like manga faggots who buy manga instead of reading it online

[Anonymous No.2924617]

>tfw e-readers is one of the best invention in the last decade, even better then tablets because fuck tablets.

[Anonymous No.2924618]

>tfw people buy 5-10 books that cost $100 when they could make a 1 time investment and buy an e-reader, so they can download any book (even in the NY best sellers) for free ;__;

[Anonymous No.2924622]

>tfw /lit/ is full of faggots who won't listen to your wisdom ;__;

[Anonymous No.2924623]

Having tried both, I like the feeling of a physical book more.

I'm not one of those pretentious "hmm, I only read books and write on a typewriter" types, though.

[Anonymous No.2924657]

Have fun using one of the shittest ereaders on the market.

Superior Sony readers all the way.

[Anonymous No.2924665]

>2012
>Not listening to audiobooks
You fucking disgust me.

[Anonymous No.2924670]

>>2924573
That girl looks like she spends a lot of time on her knees

also
>2012
>not having your stories orated to you by the village elder

[Anonymous No.2924677]

paper books become a health risk after a few years; libraries and used bookstores in particular are hotbeds of filth and disease: http://actualidad.rt.com/ciencias/view/52073-libros-letiferos-mayores-diez-anos-cientificos-rusos

make your next book an ebook. the healthy choice.

[Anonymous No.2924691]

All jokes aside, which is better, Kindle Fire or the latest Nook? They're the same price and I'm not sure.

[Anonymous No.2924693]

>>2924677

>The health experts concerned stated that the threat mites and pseudoscorpions book that abound in the old volumes. Bites, saliva and droppings of these parasites, barely visible, and their predators, often cause an allergy that leads to a Quincke.

All this time my bookshelf was as seething nest of pseudoscorpions waiting to give me a quincke and I never knew.

[Anonymous No.2924710]

>>2924677
>Feel like reading something
>Grab a book from my bookshelf
>Swarmed by pseudoscorpions
>Spend five months in the hospital
Why didn't a I buy a fucking Kindle?

[Anonymous No.2924715]

for reading pdfs, annotating and highlighting, which one do i buy (for college, lots of pdfs)
kindle 4 (touch? non-touch?)
nexus 7 - concerned about the vision problems, does it really fuck up?
nook?
this shit is not that cheap in here and nexus costs like 500 bucks. kindle 230 aswell as nook.
My class starts this monday and i don't know which to buy (i guess netbooks have short as fuck battery-life)

[Anonymous No.2924724]

>>2924569
>can't into technology
There are controls to dim the screen, you know.

[Anonymous No.2924731]

>>2924665
>Audiobook

Plebest of the pleb. I can't listen to an audiobook for more than 12 minutes without literally falling asleep. It's like listening to a lecture.

[Anonymous No.2924739]

>>2924724
"dim" doesn't mean it's not still an illuminated screen. eReaders are literally like reading paper (except better; they are slightly refractive so they pick up ambient light extremely well without amplifying it). Plus, you have to be trying really hard to see pixels on an eReader.

[Anonymous No.2924744]

eReaders aren't ready. You can see this because they are shit. I have a nook and I can't sync my books to my computer. That is a fucking shit product. I'm sorry. Also, my nook breaks. All of my books are gone. How is that a good thing? I can't take my grandparents books or something like that and put them on my nook. It is a pretty bad idea over all as it is right now. I am convinced that eventually though we will use digital books. But not yet.

[Anonymous No.2924764]

>>2924744
>Kindle
>plug into computer
>Opens as a flash drive would
>Drag + drop books to the single folder located on the kindle
>Unplug
>Read

What the fuck do Nooks make you do?

[Anonymous No.2924783]

Books smell and feel good and make me look smart when I put them on my bookshelf.

[Anonymous No.2924786]

>>2924744
This
>>2924764
What do you have to do with a Nook, I thought it was just a drag and drop thing?

Also my kindle has taken a hell of a beating and still works fine. Works out cheaper for me but I still buy physical books on occation/

[Anonymous No.2924789]

A very large amount of books I want to read aren't available as ebooks. So I still read them on paper.

[Anonymous No.2924792]

>>2924550
I'll be sure to never read off a caveman then.

[Anonymous No.2924878]

>>2924744
Trolling or not.. gifted..

Like the other guy said, with most ereaders it's drag and drop.

Take the thing back. Sounds like you got a dud.

[Anonymous No.2924881]

>>2924715

If you're text books are mostly.. well text, then get an e-ink screen like a kindle. Images on ereaders rarely work out too well but text is great

If you're going to be using a lot of diagrams, illustrations, or so on, get a cheap tablet, but not too cheap as those PDFs can be a nightmare.

Nothing handles most PDFs too well.

[Anonymous No.2924905]

>>2924573
She's awesome... shit.

[Anonymous No.2924929]

I'll buy an e-reader this Christmas because of the (text)books in English I can't afford to order to my country. I'd still buy and read from regular books, because I like it. I'll also continue writing on my typewriter, because it's not distracting.

[Anonymous No.2924945]

>that feel when you subconciously try to turn a dictionary on while reading paper books

[Anonymous No.2924956]

>that feel when i shit on ereaders in every thread
>tfw i cynicaly to do it so suckers support the industry for me
>tfw encrypted external hard drive with 80000 books

[Anonymous No.2924963]

tangibility. The feeling, the smell. Being able to look at the stack of books I own that are not yet expansive enough to be a shelf. The potential to lend and share books.

I mean this is the way I see it, The past is a beautiful time, right? Of course it is! And we live in a time where things have changed tremendously but still retain a small sense of the old. Why not enjoy being the last generation that has beauty and romanticism and let the following generations be swept up by the age of microchips.


micropseudoscopions not microchips!

[Anonymous No.2924970]

[Anonymous No.2924995]

>>2924670

[czesc No.2925132]

i'm a bookshelf fan.
i like having my giant bookshelf,
i like organizing my giant bookshelf,
i like showing off the books in my giant bookshelf
can't really show off your awesome collection of books on a kindle

but, with that said, i still own a kindle for the public domain stuff like shakespeare, dickens,etc.

[Anonymous No.2925234]

>>2924744
Get a kobo, not a nook you little nigglet.

[Anonymous No.2925246]

>>2925132
>2012, the year of our lord
>still being a fucking faggot, like an otaku that insist on buying manga and having shelves full of mangoos
>it's like a faggot that still buy CDs because "I like to touch the CD and the art cover design"

[Anonymous No.2925279]

>>2925246
>girl comes over
>"Wow you have a ton of books"
>"Yeah, i know. I probably spend too much time reading"
>"Is that that Patti Smith book?"
>"yup"
>"everyone keeps telling me how amazing it is"
>Oh it definitely is. You can go ahead and borrow it. Tell me what you think"

>girls sees my kindle
>"is that a kindle?"
>"yup"
>"cool. I was thinking of buying one"

Physical items

[Anonymous No.2925285]

There are advantages, like how a paper volume can endure short falls, and mild bashing and thrashing; at least it outperforms a little electronic device as far as that goes

while ebooks can allow for searching for words in the text, the reader has a constant sense of progress through the book, plus all the other trivial bonuses of having the pages like being able to quickly flip through to areas, or have an easier time bookmarking—all trivial things.

[Anonymous No.2925304]

So should I get a kindle or a kobo ?

[Anonymous No.2925300]

>>2925285
(to clarify, in the second bit I tried to illustrate the pros of physical, paper pages, not those of the ebook)

[Anonymous No.2925309]

>>2925279
>girl comes over
>Is bent over and getting pounded before she has a chance to admire my material possessions

[Anonymous No.2925347]

>>2924597

>HE BOUGHT THE KOBO WHEN THE KINDLE HAS THE SAME PRICE

laughinglibrarians.jpeg

[Anonymous No.2925359]

>>2925279

>would give up every advantage of the Kindle because some girl MIGHT enter his house and MIGHT comment about the stack of books he has
>implying this boosts your chances to fuck
>implying normal people need to show off books
>implying it's not the knowledge you absorb rather than the pretentious showing off you're trying to do that is important

[Anonymous No.2925385]

>>2925359
Either you're still living in a college dorm or you've never had someone over. It might be more convenient and logical to purchase durable, cheap shoes, but that doesn't change the fact that most of us chose not to. Appearances mater.

>implying this boosts your chances to fuck
I never implied that. It's a conversation starter

I'm not saying that it's the only or main reason to purchase physical books, I was just responding to that guy's criticism of collectors.

[Anonymous No.2925394]

>>2925304

Kindle.

[Anonymous No.2925397]

Most of the expensive, limited-run artbooks I bought in the 80's and 90's aren't available as ebooks. Why do you have such a limited view of what's out there op?

[Anonymous No.2925402]

>2012
>not rejecting society and living like a caveman

[Anonymous No.2925406]

ITT: People don't realize that books and ereaders can co-exist.


I've got a Kindle, and it's fantastic, but I do still have actual books. I like to have physical copies of my favorite books, and I prefer having real books for history books I read, because it's easier to go back and look to a certain page.

[Anonymous No.2925426]

>>2925385
If your kindle was out on display then it would a conversation starter as well.
It's a novelty, at least in Australia.

[Anonymous No.2925446]

Got a Kobo touch a little under two months ago as my first ereader. I was already a pretty consistent reader, but I had been transitioning mostly to audiobooks since dragging real books around is annoying. But since getting the eink reader have been PILING through books. Best thing I've ever purchased without a doubt.

[Anonymous No.2925450]

...also great for reading laying down since you don't have to shift around a book to turn pages and read both sides.

[Anonymous No.2925453]

>>2925347
The Kindle - at least the one pictured - doesn't have a touch screen, doesn't support epub, has far fewer font/layout options, and I don't think it has expandable memory.

The Kobo Touch and Nook Touch are the ereaders to have imo: Kobo is better out of the box but the Nook you can root, pick your poison.

[Anonymous No.2925458]

I have a question regarding the Amazon Kindle can somebody help me?

[Anonymous No.2925462]

>>2925458
Why not just ask the question then see if anyone answers?

[Anonymous No.2925463]

>>2925462
Because I thought that would be unpolite and could interrupt the thread.

[Anonymous No.2925464]

>>2925463
How strangely polite and considerate.

[Anonymous No.2925470]

>>2925464
Guess that happens when people from Luxembourg end up on 4chan haha

[Anonymous No.2925535]

>>2925470
Benelux for life.

[Anonymous No.2925564]

so is it possible to read comics on a kindle?

[Anonymous No.2925580]

>>2925564
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Format_support_by_device

You'd need cbr/cbz support so looks like no. Don't get a Kindle if you intend to view anything you didn't buy from Amazon.

[Anonymous No.2925610]

>>2925580
aw, man. someone ordered it for me as a gift, so there's nothing I can actually do about it.

[Anonymous No.2925620]

>>2925610
You can try to convert to mobi with Calibre, although you'd probably lose any ability to change orientation and zoom/pan on the fly which could make it useless.

[Anonymous No.2925623]

>>2925580
>Don't get a Kindle if you intend to view anything you didn't buy from Amazon.
Can't Calibre convert to and from the Kindle format?

[Anonymous No.2925633]

>>2925623
This works with simply text, with for comic reading you really need software on the device that supports browsing through large images well, which the Kindle lacks.

[Anonymous No.2925635]

Because its to expensive to buy the kindle editions of books. I buy all my books used in good condition,on amazon, only for like 2-5 bucks. Oh and they cant break, have that book smell, and easy to carry.

[Anonymous No.2925654]

God how I love being able to set the typography in books how I like it. Never having to look at shitty serif text again is alone well worth it!

Although as with everything else the Kindle sucks at this too.

[Anonymous No.2925657]

>>2925633
Yeah. I have a first generation nook and read comics on my phone.

[Anonymous No.2925659]

How do you charge the Kobo? Through your computer?

Im in Europe and don't want to end up with a device which is a hassle to recharge.

[Anonymous No.2925662]

>>2925659
It's simply micro-USB for charge and data.

[Anonymous No.2925672]

I have sony reader. I use it like I would a library except the books havent been on somebody's toilet and gross.

I like books better though. Still buy the ones I really like.

[Anonymous No.2925683]

>>2925635
>Books
>Easier to carry than a Kindle

[Anonymous No.2925709]

>getting a sense of achievement from seeing how far I have read/ how quickly through a particular book at a glance
>the feel of a book and the smell
>able to look at a book and have it invoke memories/ feels I had when reading it
>I like bookshelves
>If I lose or misplace a book it matters less because they are cheap. Kindles aren't
>I hate reading huge blocks of text on a screen for long periods of time as it hurts my eyes

Kindles can suck a dick

[Anonymous No.2925718]

>>2925709
>I hate reading huge blocks of text on a screen for long periods of time as it hurts my eyes

But that's the whole point of Kindles, you asshat. They aren't fucking bright screens, it looks just like paper.

[Anonymous No.2925725]

The smell of books gets me hard

[Anonymous No.2925852]

>>2925709
>Kindles give you an actual percentage of how much of the book you've finished
>Look at Kindle, invoke library of memories
>Get bookshelf full of books for decor, use Kindle for reading
>I got my Kindle on sale for $40
>e-ink is just like reading off paper

You have no excuses.

[Anonymous No.2925867]

Books are better. With Kindles, Amazon could delete the books on the devices whenever the publisher decides to pull them.

[Anonymous No.2925880]

>>2925867
why all this strawmaning with buying books

the whole point of ereader is unlimited, free access to every book ever

hard drives are so cheap nowadays, you can have your own library of congress and carry it in a pocket

[Anonymous No.2925885]

I like books. That's my excuse. Now fuck off.

[Anonymous No.2925886]

Is this thread about paper vs. e-readers specifically, or paper vs. digital in general?

I am currently loathe to buy an e-reader because I can read e-books on my laptop.

[Jeff Mangum Died For Your Sins !rAl8Mz2mp2 No.2925911]

This is pretty much why I still purchase books.
Although I do still sometimes read on my kindle, especially books that are out of copyright

[Anonymous No.2925912]

THE GREAT DEBATE

Kindle Touch vs Kindle

[Anonymous No.2925914]

>>2925911

Jesus Christ How Horrifying.

[Anonymous No.2925931]

>>2925911
At the risk of getting shit for it, I love marking up my books like this and reading other people's notes. Kind of makes the exchange of knowledge more concrete or something like that.

[Anonymous No.2925954]

>>2925931

oh i see we are talking about e-reader built-in notes systems

>infinite notes per single page
>never wear the book down
>YOU CAN DELETE THEM FOR EVAH - no more embarasing moments when others stumble upon your obscene and idiotic notes from your childhood
>instant access, cataloguing, indexing
>search option
>easily exportable to other machines -> sharing notes with friends overseas
>copy/paste to word processors
>never spend money on pencils

[Anonymous No.2925957]

because having a huge collection of eBooks is kinda gay.

On the other hand, bitches will suck your dick if you have a library.

[Anonymous No.2925960]

Real books are better, poorfag.

[Anonymous No.2925961]

>>2925954
None of that seems appealing at all.

[Anonymous No.2925968]

>>2925957
Pfff impresing females with books instead of 20 inch dick or 50-million private plane. Try again loser.

>>2925960
Pfff reading paper books instead of having them recited to you by sex-slaves. And you think you are richfag? Try again loser.

Are you even trying dirty plebites?

[Anonymous No.2925973]

>>2925961

no one talking to you baby-face
its adults discussing here

[Anonymous No.2925988]

I work odd jobs for a 65-year-old family friend who reads for hours a day. I talked to him about buying a basic kindle like mine, but he went on and on about how he liked the smell and texture of the book. Soon afterward, his daughter bought him a kindle as a birthday present. I haven't seen him read anything other than that in months.

[Anonymous No.2925993]

>>2925957
let me know how that works out for you in reality.

[Anonymous No.2926034]

>>2924603
Confirmed for retard.

[Jeff Mangum Died For Your Sins !rAl8Mz2mp2 No.2926054]

>>2925954
The experience of writing inside of a book is very different from and much more personal than the restrictive only-highlights-and-notes-for-highlights format of a kindle

[Mean Mr. Milkman No.2926096]

>>2925988

You mean the really basic Kindle? I've been thinking about picking up one of those. Are they good?

[Anonymous No.2926098]

>>2926096
using the crappy keyboard in it sucks a lot but once you start reading a book (which you should almost always be doing) it's 100% fine.

[Anonymous No.2926107]

>>2926096
I think they're awesome. It's way easier to carry around than a book IMO. Charging isn't too much of an issue: it's about once every 2-3 weeks for me and I read on it almost every day.

Books are all about $10. This is both a bit too much for the product and better than most bookstores (with the exception of second-hand places which might not have what you're looking for), however.

It really fucking bothers me that not every book is able to be loaned out. So. Stupid.

[Anonymous No.2926111]

what the fuck is wrong with you /lit/? over 100 posts and no one has pointed out that cavemen didn't have paper? Paper hasn't even been in europe for a full millennium yet

[Anonymous No.2926805]

>>2924543
>>2925885
>I like books. That's my excuse. Now fuck off.

No, you fuck yourself with a dragon dildo, neckbeeard.

[Anonymous No.2926808]

>>2925957
>On the other hand, bitches will suck your dick if you have a library.
>spend thousands of dollars on books for the remote possibly of getting your dick sucked
>spend $500 to get your dick suck by a model and a fuck and anal sex
>serious nigger, lrn2economics

[Anonymous No.2926811]

>>2925988
>I work odd jobs for a 65-year-old family friend who reads for hours a day. I talked to him about buying a basic kindle like mine, but he went on and on about how he liked the smell and texture of the book. Soon afterward, his daughter bought him a kindle as a birthday present. I haven't seen him read anything other than that in months.

Yeah ...

>tfw you have thousands and thousands of books on your kobo, it's like having a library on your palm
>2012, faggots still "I love the smell of books"
>hahaha

[Anonymous No.2926814]

>off of

[Anonymous No.2926815]

>>2926096
>>2926096
>You mean the really basic Kindle? I've been thinking about picking up one of those. Are they good?

No because there's no way for you expand the memory slot. With a kobo you can expand up to 32 gigs of memory. Also with a kobo you can turn off your wifi and download all the free books to your heart's content

[Anonymous No.2926817]

>>2926111
Learn2Hyperbole

>>2926814
Try living dangerously once in a while, it's a doggy dog world out there, after all.

[Anonymous No.2926818]

>>2926107
>It really fucking bothers me that not every book is able to be loaned out. So. Stupid.

About 97 percent of books I ever wanted to read (including all classics, and most recent best sellers) could be found on the internet for free.

When I got my e-reader I was kinda stupid and didn't learn that you can pirate books, instead I used a "library loaning" system ... silly of me.

>tfw I have the top 100 best selling fiction books of all time and I never bother reading it
>stephen king, no even once

[Anonymous No.2926823]

>mfw I got 1.5 gigs or so books sitting on my kobo
>500 worth of books on that thing
>read on the kobo everyday
>feels good man

Best fucking purchase decision ever. The kobo is going to last me another 9 years (I bought it april 2011), then I'm going to upgrade to new e-link technology.

[Anonymous No.2926832]

The economics of ereaders are too compelling to ignore (especially in Australia, where a new release paperback is $30+). If you're an avid book buyer you'll be saving hundreds of dollars a year.

[Anonymous No.2926839]

>>2926096
I've got one, and it's awesome. e-ink is fuckin' amazing, I only have to charge the thing for 30 minutes or so every week or 2 (with my cellphone charger no less), easy to put on books, and can actually put the damn thing in my pocket if I wanted to. The 2gb limit doesn't really bother me... i can't imagine a reason for needing to have access to any more than 2,000+ books on me at any given point in time. Plus, I got mine dirt-ass cheap; just wait around for some website retailer to throw them on sale. Definitely worth it.

[Anonymous No.2926841]

>tfw sometimes I cuddle with my kobo reader :3

[Anonymous No.2926845]

>>2926832
I know that feel bro.

>tfw you never have to buy books ever again, even when you want the latest release

[Anonymous No.2926843]

>>2924731
ADD.

[Anonymous No.2926848]

>>2926832
Not sure why everyone is sucking on Sony's e-reader dick, I prefer the kobo, less button, much more minimalist, the back has plastic quilt that feels nice on your hand.

I had the chance to look at the sony but didn't like it; nor did I like the kindle.

[Anonymous No.2926849]

i have regular income and don't work a regular job. i'm allowed to indulge in my hobbies and fetishes without remorse. i don't have an e-reader because i have no good reason to have more than one book on my person.

Pic related. It's what im stuffing into my back pocket on friday when i hit the track. Original 1967 printing signed. Don't give a fuck.

[Anonymous No.2926851]

>>2926839
>The 2gb limit doesn't really bother me...

Oh yeah?

>tfw I bought a kobo second gen model (not the kobo touch)
>32 gig max expansion memory slot
>I only put in a 4 gigs worth of memory, because I don't have enough books to use up all the 4 gigs + 1 gigs internal memory

[Anonymous No.2926856]

>>2926849
>i have regular income and don't work a regular job.

Go welfare somewhere else, nigger.

[Anonymous No.2926865]

>buy e-reader
>read over 60 books since owning it
>I am amazed at myself. jpg

[Anonymous No.2926870]

ITT fetishist

anyway im going to buy a kindle but I dont know which one to get. can someone with all three or knowledge of the pros/cons help me with my purchase?

[Anonymous No.2926871]

>>2926856
>implying i dont make loads of money betting on sports.

you mad poor fag?

[Anonymous No.2926875]

>>2926870
Kindle basic (the cheapest model) but I recommend a kobo off ebay because you can expand the memory to 32 gigs, whereas the kindle only has 1 or 2 gigs with no memory expansion slot.

(thank me later when you're crying because you can't store all your boobs)

[Anonymous No.2926877]

>>2926871
Jokes aside, collecting books is like collecting pokemon cards or mangas - it's embarassing.

The way I see it, people who don't like e-readers simply are resisting to change, like old folks who still insist on listening to vinyl instead of mp3 players.

[Anonymous No.2926887]

>>2926877
Embarrassing for who? Not me since i could give two fucks what some teenager thinks. Would you ever have the balls to go up to a man reading a paperback and berate him for being a luddite?

[Anonymous No.2926890]

>>2926887
I would laugh at you when I see your bookshelve. You know it's embarassing, deep down.

[Anonymous No.2926893]

>>2926877

Its quite obvious that you're trolling at this point. Vinyl has better sound quality than MP3s, this is an objective fact.

[Anonymous No.2926897]

>>2926893
Even if it's a cd quality rip?

[Anonymous No.2926917]

>Of course everyone online is going to be for technology seeing as how they use it abundantly.
"I don't own a kindle and I'll tell you why. It's because I know what it is." - Fran Lebowitz.

[Meladori No.2926919]

I love the smell and feel of books. I thoroughly enjoy visiting used book stores and burying my nose in an old classic! Bookshelves stuffed to the brim make for nice decor, as well. :)

[Meladori No.2926925]

I love the smell and feel of books. I thoroughly enjoy visiting used book stores and burying my nose in an old classic! Bookshelves stuffed to the brim make for nice decor, as well. :)

[Anonymous No.2926926]

>>2926897
mp3s always have lossy compression, the sound will always distort somewhat. You can hear it on high quality headphones/speakers more easily.

[Anonymous No.2926927]

1)kindle for fiction.
2) real books for philosophy/history/science or anything that requires studying or going back pages

[Anonymous No.2926928]

>>2926897

CDs are lower quality than vinyl. Vinyl is like film. It's of a higher quality than humans can register.

[Anonymous No.2926931]

I was given one as a present so I try to use it for old hard to find books. I could do that on my phone or laptop but I hate wasting presents.

I much prefere the feel of a book in my hands though. And the anticipation you feel as you turn the page during a fight or climax is priceless.

[Anonymous No.2927215]

>>2925880
The selection of pirated ebooks is pretty shitty tho compared to other copywrited media.

[Anonymous No.2927235]

>>2926875
I think the Kobo is the best to get as well, but not because of the memory expansion. You MIGHT want to put on more than 2gb in books, but 32gb is just absurd, even if you're talking comics.

[Anonymous No.2927314]

this is all it takes to troll /lit/

[Anonymous No.2927319]

do you guys ever talk about something else?

[Anonymous No.2927324]

guaranteed replies

[Anonymous No.2927335]

e-readers = ayn rand

[Anonymous No.2927339]

we don't have mods or anything?

[Anonymous No.2927344]

Because im rich.

[Anonymous No.2927365]

>kindle
>Realize i can hold it and turn pages with one hand easily
>Never looking back

[Anonymous No.2927368]

>>2927215

What are the best places to pirate ebooks?

[Anonymous No.2927432]

>>2927368
My best luck is with torrents but some people say IRC.

DDL sites would be / were great but they're all shut down.

[Anonymous No.2927436]

The greatest thing in history would be a mass leak of every book from some store Amazon/BN/Kobo/wherever - would probably not be more than a couple hundred gigs for every book in existence and the torrent would be impossible to kill. Then it would truly be every book free forever for everyone.

I'm really surprised this hasn't happened yet. Would only have to have an exploit once.

[Anonymous No.2927439]

>>2927436
But that wouldn't be every book in existence. Not every book is even available to buy on any of the ebook purchasing sites. A very large amount still aren't available, though more are becoming so each day. It's still very very far from every book in existence though.

[Anonymous No.2927443]

>>2927439
Well, at least every book from the past ~10 years.

Again, I'm really surprised none of the stores have had a mass content leak.

[Anonymous No.2927449]

>>2927439
Every ebook on just one of those stores becoming available would be beautiful though. You'd have enough in one torrent to read for life.

[Anonymous No.2927461]

>>2927449
Too bad there aren't any hackers on 4chan, because if you're an 'information wants to be free type' this would be the ultimate.

[Anonymous No.2927464]

>being "attached" to books for no reason
>not wanting the most fast, direct, and convenient way into the text of a novel
>implying these people actually care about reading and aren't just concerned with looking like an intellectual reading from a book

[Anonymous No.2927471]

>>2927443
No, it's not even every book from the last decade. I'm guessing you don't keep up with much contemporary literature, else you'd know this. Recently translated works of contemporary literature especially tend to rarely be released as ebooks.

[Anonymous No.2927474]

>>2927471
I mostly read non-fiction so perhaps. I find that a surprising fraction of non-fiction gets released as audiobooks in fact.

[Anonymous No.2927477]

re: eink readers does anyone think Amazon will announce anything relevant at their secret event thing just announced?

Doesn't seem like they're due for a hardware upgrade does it? Maybe further price drop...

[Standard Toaster !TOASTXbkRg No.2927522]

>>2927477
Possibly. Especially since the Nooks just dropped in price.

[Anonymous No.2927542]

Whats the best bang for your buck ereader?

[Anonymous No.2927549]

>>2927542
There's a version of the kindle that includes free wi fi for life. Bang for buck, it's gotta be that one.

[Anonymous No.2927555]

>>2927464

For me it's not collecting or showing off, but nostalgia.

I'll forever be impressed by how something so simple, crude and cheap can transmit such powerful emotions and thoughts to me. That a little pile of paper and ink can hit me harder than a huge theatrical production with the finest actors, the most expensive cutting-edge special effects.

It's the humble simplicity of books that's enchanting and a relatively new gizmo like an ereader lacks some of that charm. I'll still pick one up eventually but will never abandon books altogether.

[Anonymous No.2927747]

>>2926926
>>2926928
>>2926893
anything above 320kbps is inaudible by human ears. you wouldnt be able to tell the difference fags. stop pretending you have super ears

[Anonymous No.2927758]

>>2927549
Free cell-data, but it's useless imo since there's wifi everywhere / you can always teather, plus it's nicer to buy/steal books on your PC and transfer anyway.

[Anonymous No.2927760]

>>2927542
If you look around you can often find the Nook simple touch and Kobo touch on for sub-seventy bucks.

[Anonymous No.2927783]

>>2927758
Your opinion is idiotic. I cancelled the net on my phone and traveled the country this summer with the kindle as my only internet connection. Checking email and posting on 4chan from fucking mountaintops, free of charge. Saved a bundle in fees.

It's very handy to have if you're poor and you don't want to spend all your time at chain restaurants like an asshole. Works everywhere. Works great.

[Anonymous No.2927914]

I don't get headaches. and as long as I have fire, I can read everything. Good luck reading without power outlets.

[Anonymous No.2927916]

I hate paper books because I am physically weak and skinny and simply lazy as fuck and handling some of the heavier ones just makes me mad. Even if you are a ripped gorilla, try comfortably reading 1500-page'ers like Mitrochin's Archive or Europe by Davies. You are forced to sit at the chair by the table for hours. It's fucking torture.

[Anonymous No.2927948]

>>2927443
>implying there are no places with DD access to every book ever

keep lurking

[Anonymous No.2927969]

Kindle or Kobo? I want in on this.

[Anonymous No.2927972]

>>2927969
nook.

[Anonymous No.2927976]

>>2927972
See, everyone says something different here. The guys at /g/ agree on the kobo, mostly, because of its price.

Personally I've been reading on my laptop using calibre+coolreader and turning the brightness down and it has been ok. Need something lightweight though.