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[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

this is what motivated me to switch to pdfs/ebooks. i can now read any of my books on my phone/laptop whenever i want with no planning required. although i know it’s not for everyone, and i am missing out on building up a cool bookshelf.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 33 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Buy the paper, pirate the ebook, cool shelf acquired

[–] Carrot@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is what I do as well. Just know that you will still get judged by "real book people" for having a bookshelf of pristine, unread books even though you've read all of them.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 3 days ago

I don't invite judgemental assholes into my home

[–] GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes. With an ebook reader, I can now not read the 500 books I carry!

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I mean, there are just too many to choose from!

[–] herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's the reason I don't bulk upload books to my Kindle. Because I know I'll be spending way too much time thinking about what to read next. Instead I only acquire books when I'm done reading one or close to it. And I only get more than one when they're in a series.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I do the same with any kind of queue, put stuff in it then never follow through because there are too many choices.

[–] frozenpopsicle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I worry about my rather irreplaceable ebook reader. So sometimes I don't bring it out of fear for its safety. I should have a hard shell built for it.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 3 days ago

Irreplaceable? They don't make it anymore and can't find a suitable replacement?