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1088400 No.1088400 [Reply] [Original]

ebooks only count for 5% of total book sales.

Nobody likes ebooks.

>> No.1088419

You mean I'm part of a minority? Fuck yeah, hipster success

>> No.1088426

I personally like both ebooks and regular books. Each have their own strengths/weaknesses.

>> No.1088428
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1088428

Its because everyone torrents them. Would you get a Ipod and then pay for the music?

>> No.1088558

burning a kindle, so edgy

>> No.1088584

I don't need such an overpriced redundant device. I carry 1 or 2 books when I travel because I'm not autistic.

>> No.1088601

5% sounds pretty good

>> No.1088618

i read real, paper books because i'm a real man

>> No.1088641

>>1088584
THAT'S COOL MAN. BUT HOW ABOUT WHEN YOU SPEND MONTHS OVERSEAS?

>> No.1088670

>Nobody likes ebooks.

Well, it's not nobody if there's 5%...

I'm a paperfag, but your post made no sense.

>> No.1088681

>>1088584
What if I'm staying in an Asian country for a year and the only cost-effective way for me to obtain books is to purchase digital copies? Does that still mean that I am an autist?

>> No.1088698

>>1088670
that implies that the 5% of people who do like ebooks are somebody, and they're not

>> No.1088708

pretty sure ebook readers are still fairly new. nobody at my work even knew what it was when i bought one and brought it in to show them.


>>1088428
also, this

>> No.1088730

who the fuck would buy an ebook?