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What electronics do you use to read your books, /lit/?

I've found that carrying my 1000 pages books are not so healthy after all.

>> No.6301869

>>6301856
if you have trouble carrying a book then i think you need /fit/ not /lit/

>> No.6301878

>>6301856
Look at this skinny boi: can't even carry the savage detectives without getting exhausted

>> No.6301932

iSight® Copper-Connected Photoelectric Cell Array, colourless glass, x2
Electern™ mobile arm holder

>> No.6301945
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6301945

>not carrying around a thick book at all times so bitches will 'mire

>> No.6301950

robotic eyes

>> No.6301963

>>6301856
>what is a backpack

>> No.6301965

>>6301945
>the dumb french bitches in the comments

I wouldn't want these blobs if they were naked on my porch

>> No.6301970

>>6301965
Looks like he is reading a bible. If so, that's funny because that instagram is owned by two gay men

>> No.6301982

>>6301869
>>6301878
>>6301963
I'm reading physiology and pharmacology books. I cant bring them as they're over 1000+pages everywhere. Was just looking at how /lit/ manage to handle this stuff if they happen to be travelers

>> No.6301983

>>6301970
How can you tell ?

>> No.6302012

>>6301963
My bookfu gets hurt in my backpack, i dont want to hurt her anymore.

>> No.6302014

>>6301856
a Kobo that I got on eBay for $20

>> No.6302019

>>6301983
Different anon but there's something about the writing that just screams gay.

>> No.6302028

>>6301965
It gets worst.
youssy_toposi: "I think that he's the 'hawtest'. If I see him IRL, I will faint"

I didn't know I only had to read a book in public places to get mad pussy. I guess I'll go buy Lolita or something.

>> No.6302037

>>6301856
Im looking to get a Pocketbook Touch Lux 2. It has memory card slot and mp3 capabilities, which sounds nice to me. I don't have a smartphone and don't wanna carry 3 devices all the time. Otherwise I'd get a Kobo or a Nook or whatever is very cheap.

>> No.6302040

Electronic devices should only be used for light/brief reading, if not because it's bad for your eyes, then because your mind attempts to read faster and does not retains as much information.

tl;dr: paper is best.

>> No.6302060

>>6301982
Ebooks are legit. Fuck these /lit/ fags that try to turn this into a "I only listen to vinyl" situation. The only downside that most college textbooks will not be available. I love my kindle paperwhite.

>> No.6302065

>>6302019
are you talking about the Bible or the blog?

>> No.6302067

>>6302040
That's why you get e-ink, nub.

>> No.6302074

>>6302040
Yeah, doesn't look like it helped your mind retains proper English. I'll stick to e-ink. Faggot.

>> No.6302119

>>6302060
Personally, I read physical books only. I don't have an eReader; if I did, I would use it because it's not without value. I just prefer physical books; I grew up with them and prefer the tactile experience of reading a book.

Books are pretty much the only medium that I insist on using non-digitally, but I don't think eReaders are for scrubs or whatever.

>> No.6302120

>>6302119
Forgot to mention that if I ever go on a long trip, I'll definitely be getting an eReader. Taking 10 books on a long trip is never practical.

>> No.6302159

>>6302120
Why would you take 10 books for a trip? Why take the trip if you're gonna read the whole time?

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>>6302074
that post reads like a line from a countryballs comic.

>> No.6302178

>>6302159
I thought of that as I was typing it. I dunno. It's better to bring more books than you need than not enough books.

>> No.6302180

I just read from a computer screen

>> No.6302187

>>6302178
The more you force yourself to experience a travel the better. Even the time spent waiting fora bus is full of experiences you'd be losing.

>> No.6302193

>>6302187
I actually agree with you on that. The reason I mentioned taking an eReader on a long trip is because it's one of the few scenarios in which an eReader beats books hands down, at least in my opinion.

With that said, reading on a trip isn't much better than texting for the whole trip, waste of money.

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I just use whatever is readily available, which just so happens to be, 9 times out of 10, an ebook.

I don't really give a shit what form the book takes since I only read for entertainment and I don't read fast enough or read more than one at a time, so I cant justify carrying multiple physical books, meaning there is basically no difference between carrying around my Kindle or the actual book itself.

>> No.6302270

>>6301965
>They never gave me the time of day all through school, and then just went home and drooled over random creep shots of American men reading books.
I wish I didn't end up so bitter

>> No.6302740

>>6301856
I'm reading Infinite Jest on my Nexus 7

>> No.6303397

>>6302740
How you feel the nexus 7? What you like about it?

>> No.6305157

I've got this old DELL pocket pc from at least 10 years ago that I picked up at a yardsale for $5. Can't read .pdf, But if I copy the text into a .txt and use <A href> tags in an html directory I can trick the pos into opening .txt format in the browser. It fits in my pocket, has a decent 9 hour battery life, and can hold neigh endless text on its "astonishing" 2gigs of flash memory.

also it's small enough that a glance over my shoulder won't be enough to make out what I'm reading. A must for those cursed with a taste for incredibly distasteful smut.