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>we should read ebooks,they are better for the enviroment

>> No.18876337

The environment can go fuck itself, my eyes come first

>> No.18876339
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>>18876332
I'll read them to save money.

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>>18876332
>we should pay money for books

>> No.18876348

>>18876339
But e-books cost the same amount as paper books.

>> No.18876350

>>18876348
oh dear

>> No.18876359

No I read them because they're fucking free and I can fit thousands in my smartphone you dumb tranny. Keep paying jewish publishing houses to sell you thin slices of wood

>> No.18876376

>>18876348
Ah Fuck. I can't find my hilarious facepalm reaction images

>> No.18876394

>>18876348
Ever heard of piracy?

>> No.18876433

I paid 10 bucks for the epub of Gardner's piece of shit only to find he can't even tell the difference between 'its' and 'it's'.
Never again.

>> No.18876454

>>18876339
This; there are tons of books I want to read and I don't have enough money to buy them all.

>>18876348
based consooomer, Daddy Bezos appreciates your money

>> No.18876500

>unironically paying for books in 2k21
If a book is from an author long dead you're entitled to get it for free, for it belongs to mankind now
If a book is from a living author and you want to reward their hard work just fucking send them money through patreon or some similar place
There's absolutely no need to involve third party faggotry

>> No.18876508

>>18876500
>fucking send them money through patreon or some similar place
cormac mccarthy doesn't have a patreon and neither does thomas pynchon

>> No.18876522

>>18876500
>dont pay a third party
>use patreon
youre too retarded for words

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18876526

I buy books from living writers I want to support.
Otherwise, I mostly download and use ereader.

Lit can't complain about lack of good writers if they are pirating all their books. You need to support some writers.

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>>18876500
>patreon

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>>18876332
>there are people that read books off a screen

>> No.18876629

>>18876348
>ebooks
>cost
????

>> No.18876640

>>18876548
A-are you thinking about the people who read books off a screen again, anon? You know you could be one of them, right?

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>>18876394
This and Libgen is based

>> No.18876643

>>18876548
stupid frogposter

>> No.18876648

>>18876348
based library goer

>> No.18876660

>>18876640
Only degenerate filth read things from screens.

>> No.18876669

>>18876660
>owning the degenerates by having 1/1000th of their library

>> No.18876679

>>18876548
>>18876660
every fucking time we have a thread that mentions e-readers we get anons who do not know that e-ink screens exist; seriously, look it up you fucking retards

>> No.18876691

>>18876669
>Having books you'll never read maeks u smrt
Go back to /r/books

>> No.18876694

>>18876679
youre talking to people who have built their whole hollow persona around their bookcase. of course theyre going to filter out reality to suit their narrative.

>> No.18876727

>>18876691
yeah that's why libraries and bookstores don't exist. go back to /pol

>> No.18876737

>>18876526
>You need to support some writers.
no

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>>18876350
>>18876376
Ebooks cost more

>> No.18876788

>>18876332
you only like ebooks because you want to possess them physically, conquer them. it's toxic masculinity

>> No.18876791

If you buy papershit as your main source of literature, you're a woman. I sometimes go to the bookstore to get myself some language-learning bilingual editions cause those are easier to parse, and bookstore customers are always 90% females.

>> No.18876797

>>18876760
do they not have internet piracy in Italy?

>> No.18876800

>>18876791
maybe if they sold something other than Muh Quirky Sex Travel Story #2042424 by Joquaina Vagina, I would visit them more often

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18876804

>reading books

>> No.18876825

oh look a $300 textbook on art history for free just because I feel like it

>> No.18876832

>>18876339
this fuck buying books and then they turn out to be shit. Ill read them for free then if I like it ill buy it physical anyway because i prefer physical

>> No.18876842

>>18876641
Why can't I find Garden of Domina anywhere then?

>> No.18876847

>>18876332
Didn’t ask.

>> No.18876859

>>18876842
maybe because its an ass fetish picture book for weebs

>> No.18876870

>>18876337
FPBP

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>>18876797
Do you have this book in pdf?
>do they not have internet piracy in Italy?
I was there when napster came out.

>> No.18876907

>>18876879
>Do you have this book in pdf?
no, it looks interesting though, you should upload it

>> No.18876922

I read books because I'm too fucking stupid to not get distracted by other notifications on my phone and I'd most likely lose any e-reader. Helps me devote my concentration entirely to what I'm reading.

>> No.18876932

>>18876922
I do the opposite for the same reason, if I have ebooks open on my computer and phone, I end up reading them. tricking my brain

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>>18876339
>he doesn't steal books from libraries
>he doesn't steal from street vendors
>he doesn't "borrow" from "friends" for unlimited time
>he doesn't scavange in the garbage for books
>he doesn't imagine the book and write a version of it based only in the title
PLEB

>> No.18876941

>>18876907
>you should upload it
No idea how to scan it without breaking it
Sure, I could take pics, but that would be 1) a pain 2) I would get a very embarassing outcome (pics not straight, etc)
Gimme a min and I'll post first 2-3 pages

>> No.18876952

>>18876940
That will be me after I have no money to spend on electricity and internet.

>> No.18876970

>>18876941
it's ok, I can barely read Italian anyway

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18876992

>try to read a paperback after years of ebook goodness
>can't read in poor light conditions
>can't optimize brightness, font size and style
>no hyperlinks to endnotes and popup footnotes
>can't highlight and instantly look up unfamiliar word in google
>can't leave personal notes without tarnishing the book
>have to stick with one book the entire day, can't browse a vast personal library

>> No.18877045

>>18876940
>>he doesn't scavange in the garbage for books
Based
>>he doesn't imagine the book and write a version of it based only in the title
Ultrabased
>>he doesn't "borrow" from "friends" for unlimited time
You're a dick
>>he doesn't steal books from libraries
>he doesn't steal from street vendors
kys

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>>18876907

>> No.18877652

>>18876859
Why, yes it is

>> No.18877661

>>18876337
That's why an ereader is much better than a physical book with tiny prints.

>> No.18877665

>>18876332
I can't take serious people who post basedjaks

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>>18876348
>He pays for digital files

>> No.18877718

>>18876332
except they aren't

>> No.18877824

>>18876332
Yeah me not buying a book is really gonna put a dent in the billions of tons of carbon China shits out every year

>> No.18877872

>>18877824
>the billions of tons of carbon China shits out every year
1)USA has produce double the total CO2 compared to China (25% of world total VS 12.7)
https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2
2)>“China and India account for one-third of the greening, but contain only 9% of the planet’s land area covered in vegetation – a surprising finding, considering the general notion of land degradation in populous countries from overexploitation
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/human-activity-in-china-and-india-dominates-the-greening-of-earth-nasa-study-shows

>> No.18877876

>>18877872
>he trusts the data

>> No.18877900

>>18876332
I read ebooks to save money and space in my tiny house. Also, they are easier to commute with and I can read them in the dark.

>> No.18877923

>>18877876
>just make up schizo ideas in your head man, that's the true reality

>> No.18877931

>>18877923
this but without the irony

>> No.18877933

>>18876500
Why not support them and get a physical copy you retard

>> No.18878235

>>18876348
No, they don't? Where are you buying them from?

>> No.18878321

>>18878235
Not him, but ebooks cost more >>18876760