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

submitted 1 day 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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[–] helmet91@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (16 children)

I prefer ePub. Much more convenient for me than a paper book.

I simply don't have the space to physically store a lot of paper books
It's much easier to bring my Kobo with me when commuting or traveling
Much easier for me to buy eBooks than physical books
Even though I've been having my device for like 8 years, I'm still fascinated by how cool the e-ink display is

On the other hand, paper books have only one thing to offer that sometimes holds:

They're all DRM-free, while some eBooks I've been wanting to buy are DRM-enshittified. Still hasitating about those, as I'm not willing to spend money on such books.

[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I've recently bought a Kobo, and had great success removing the DRM from my Kindle library, then loading all my books there onto my Kobo. Just food for thought that such a thing is possible

[–] helmet91@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (9 children)

I don't know, there are a couple of books that have Adobe DRM on them at every bookstore where I found the book.

Are you saying, it's possible to get Amazon books onto a non-Kindle device? That's actually pretty much the only bookstore where I never looked at before.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yep you can go into the order page and get the ebook in their format. Then go to calibre (or other such tools) and export it as an ebook.

From then on, enjoy your de-drm reading!

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