/lit/ - Literature

>>20006521
I enjoy them when I am reading at my desk, especially if I am reading a tome, like Ulysses or The Complete Works of Shakespeare, and I am making a shit ton of notes.

>>20006521
>posts actual physique
>complains about heavy books
Checks out.

>>20006521
I like the library cloth hard-covers, but that's not what you find on the shelves of bookstores

I do 80% of my reading by pagecount on e-reader these days, and another 15% on a laptop. Getting worked up over hardcover vs paperback is dumb. "Oh but boohoo what if the book gets damaged" buy another one, holy shit books have never been cheaper, there's infinite copies, and if it's out of print unbind it and scan it so you can make infinite copies.

STOP BEING POOR

>>20006521
i agree not going to lie. i recently am reading through a 1000 plus page "doorstopper" hard cover. and its kind of unwieldly. i have to read it at a table like a text book or on my lap open flat. it feels like i am destroying the book when i hold it normal. like a paper back.

>>20006521
>or appreciate in value
Plenty of people make good money reselling books on ebay.

>>20006571
>i agree not going to lie. i recently am reading through a 1000 plus page "doorstopper" hard cover. and its kind of unwieldly. i have to read it at a table like a text book or on my lap open flat. it feels like i am destroying the book when i hold it normal. like a paper back.

>>20006573
i found a book at a store for a dollar that people are selling used for 15 dollars on amazon. i could see that happening. not like scalping stores to death but checking thrift shops for rare stuff or just books people would buy. like an older copy of the iliad or some hard cover thats only printed as paperback today and flippin it for a 20 bill.

>>20006580
kys faggot

>>20006591
Exactly.

>>20006591
That's a racket though. You're not reading the books yourself. Totally different. You're selling to suckers, which is based.

>>20006601
>kys faggot

>>20006521
Paperbacks will be easier to read most of the time, sure. Assuming they aren't too cramped; certain "pocket" editions seem to be as thick as they are wide and are impossible to read without enacting some violence on their spine, though I suppose that's what the format's for. I still enjoy a nice hardback, assuming they've done a good job of designing, though not all books are worth it. Pic related's from a book of mine about Yeats; the effort put in by the graphic designer is apparent. You wouldn't get that in a regular paperback.

>>20006612
>>20006621
yeah i have a friend that use to do stuff like that. just sold all kinds of random things through ebay, other sites like amazon. its probably better to sell used books on amazon than any other site. it'd also help to have lists of shit to look for. like i said popular books not in hardcover anymore, rarer copies of classics etc.

>>20006631
>impossible to read without enacting some violence on their spine
I'm resigned to most of my books ending up with covers reinforced by clear tape and shoe-goo.

>>20006643
I know the feeling. I'm a frequent seller on FB Marketplace. Haven't sold many books, although come to think of it I do have a copy of one of those Trump books by Bob Woodward for sale which I found for a dollar. It's hardcover too ha. If I were to read it, I would read my pirated copy, which yes I already have downloaded and in the cloud despite the fact I never plan to read it, because I'm a digital pirate who covets & hoards information.

>>20006664
lmao unrelated note but i remember when i was college. bringing some pirated books to school on a usb drive and fuckin printing them in the library all 300 pages or something lmao. single handedly put a limit on printing in that library probably. it was some overpriced book the school expected me to buy from them. fuckin punch holed it right into a binder after.

>>20006713
>B-but you can't just print up a whole book on our dime! NOOOOOOOO
Absolute chad.

>>20006521
What exactly do you find unwieldy about a book which just stays open by itself in your hand without the need of a thumb to wedge it open?

In order to read a paperback comfortably, I must break it. By that, I mean that I have to flip through the book and radically bend it every couple dozen of pages. With a hardcover, there's no need. It's a book meant to be read and re-read.

>>20006796
>>20007163
Just buy an e-reader JEEZ

>>20007174
I have one, a paperwhite. It's quite nice, but I'm really looking forward to eink monitors. Kindle have some obvious issues but are nice for the typical novel.

>>20007174
Much of my reading these days is research, and I need the ease of having multiple books open in front of me, buying 5 ereaders is not worth it and having to charge them all would be a headache. I do have one I use for some reading out and about but it is far from a replacement for physical books. Also scrolling through a list of bookmarks to find the section you want to reference gets old fast.

>>20007444
>he thinks he would need 5 separate e-readers
LOL
You can still have a pen and notebook, and your smartphone, you dumbass. However the savings you'll find from pirating all the textbooks you want is well worth getting used to using a Kindle.

>>20008276
Who said anything about textbooks? A phone, ereader and notebook is a hell of a lot more work than just the books laid out in front of me. Also, when it comes to textbook unless you are in school or actually need the latest edition you can just get the previous edition for like $5.

>>20006521
>reading
I buy them to decorate my house.

I'm reading a hardback from 1877, it's holding up fine.