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  • eReaders, Physical books: What's your preference?

    From a cat@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 10 09:44:51 2023
    I've gone back and forth a few times. Having moved around a bit, and as
    a bit of a minimalist, it's really nice to slip a single eReader in my
    bag and know that I've just moved a large part of the books I owned.
    It's also really nice to carry several books around with me when I'm
    just out and about, and the built-in backlight and typesetting is a
    lifesaver at times. But there's real downsides too.

    With eReaders, it's difficult to maintain a DRM free library of books
    that I actually own and not rent. eBooks are more difficult to lone out. There's no physical collection of books the young people in my life can
    browse through to see if there's something they like. For that matter, I
    lose the experience of browsing through bookstores.

    What's your opinion on this? And if you like eReaders, do you have a fave?

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to a cat on Tue Jul 11 18:30:39 2023
    On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 09:44:51 -0600, a cat <[email protected]> wrote:

    I've gone back and forth a few times. Having moved around a bit, and as
    a bit of a minimalist, it's really nice to slip a single eReader in my
    bag and know that I've just moved a large part of the books I owned.
    It's also really nice to carry several books around with me when I'm
    just out and about, and the built-in backlight and typesetting is a
    lifesaver at times. But there's real downsides too.

    With eReaders, it's difficult to maintain a DRM free library of books
    that I actually own and not rent. eBooks are more difficult to lone out. >There's no physical collection of books the young people in my life can >browse through to see if there's something they like. For that matter, I
    lose the experience of browsing through bookstores.

    What's your opinion on this? And if you like eReaders, do you have a fave?

    For sure dead trees - I've got a good computer desktop but like to be
    able to move about and not have to worry about battery life as I do
    with my camera...and I've chosen NOT to make myself available to the
    world via cell phone. Pre-retirement I was reachable at home and work
    and didn't need more.

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  • From Pluted Pup@21:1/5 to a cat on Sat Jul 15 21:04:56 2023
    On Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:44:51 -0700, a cat wrote:

    I've gone back and forth a few times. Having moved around a bit, and as
    a bit of a minimalist, it's really nice to slip a single eReader in my
    bag and know that I've just moved a large part of the books I owned.
    It's also really nice to carry several books around with me when I'm
    just out and about, and the built-in backlight and typesetting is a
    lifesaver at times. But there's real downsides too.

    With eReaders, it's difficult to maintain a DRM free library of books
    that I actually own and not rent. eBooks are more difficult to lone out. There's no physical collection of books the young people in my life can browse through to see if there's something they like. For that matter, I
    lose the experience of browsing through bookstores.

    What's your opinion on this? And if you like eReaders, do you have a fave?

    With the printed book world, I have at least limited
    availability of millions of books not available on any
    any other form than out-of-print printed books. Bookstores
    that only sell new books do not have any of these books.

    There are also many of public domain type books out
    available online for the public, but they are mostly PDF
    facsimile format, not e-reader format. Reading it on
    a computer is flipping through a series of pictures of
    pages of books that they are scanned from. I'd much
    prefer to read the original printed book if I have a choice.

    So I'm in favor of more than less.

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