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Do you prefer digital or actual books (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by penquin@lemm.ee to c/books@lemmy.world

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I can't help but always worry that one day I'll need paper books. I don't know what it is, but I feel like I should start collecting paper books instead of every single book I have is on my Kobo. Which do you do? If you get paper books, is there a source that sells cheaper books. Books are kind of pricey where I look.

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[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's basically my attitude. As usual, piracy is a service problem.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

100%. I'd like to support people who work hard on their products, but corporations love to be the unnecessary middleman that enshitifactes things along the way.

[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When my grandmother passed, my grandfather took most of her books to her favorite local buy/sell/trade bookstore and got a pile of store credit for my brother and I. It took us over a decade to spend it all, and we probably only had $300 or $400 in that account to start with. But the store sold most books for less than $5. Amazon is out here charging $25 for a 40 year-old book as an ebook, and there's no equivalent to buy/sell/trade secondhand bookstores in the ebook space.

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

I'm sorry for your loss first <3
Second, is this store available around the states (assuming you're from the USA)? That also reminded me of a store near me that sells discounted books. Also, fuck Amazon. They ruined the book industry, they'll never receive a single penny for me on any book.