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While it's true regular print books aren't as space efficient (or cost effective) as ebooks, I prefer print books whenever possible. The tactile sense of turning the page and remembering how far I've read as a physical configuration of pages is very satisfying.
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poo poo thread.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:02
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LMAO!!!!! Rapman the Cook is on a ROLL! He is on his way to FYAD superstardom for sure. 10/10 trolling mate. Making an entry for SAClopedia for the epicLOLs as we speak. "Rapman the Cook was a giant massive human being" Just like people who read e-books. No. Give me real pages, rear end.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:05
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Muttonchips posted:LMAO!!!!! Rapman the Cook is on a ROLL! He is on his way to FYAD superstardom for sure. I agree with everything you said there, Muttonchips.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:06
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Thanks Applewhite. SOMEONE had to speak up.
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Applewhite posted:While it's true regular print books aren't as space efficient (or cost effective) as ebooks, I prefer print books whenever possible. The tactile sense of turning the page and remembering how far I've read as a physical configuration of pages is very satisfying. I agree regular books are better but my reasoning is ebooks and the like are based on the pad gizmo from Star Trek, so it has the stink of sperg and pedophilia all over it
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Oct 18, 2014 15:09
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The Secret To Good Farting - best e-book I've read in ages. Now I can fart TWICE as much!
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Oct 18, 2014 15:11
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When I die, I will leave a great many books in whatever shithole I end up with. I like to imagine the look of awe and wonder as the person who gets stuck with cleaning it out walks in and sees them all. Then the crushing disappointment when he realizes it's all mediocre genre fiction, mostly about magic detectives.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:34
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Ewoks had plenty of character.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:35
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if it weren't for ebooks my erotic novel about sentient feces would never have been sold on amazon
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a medical mystery posted:if it weren't for ebooks my erotic novel about sentient feces would never have been sold on amazon You are an inspiration to us all.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:37
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I know this guy, he has thousands of books in his house. I'm not talking on shelves all nice and neat either. I'm talking books 40 high with cigarette ashes on top of them and stuff. I told him once that he could put every single book he owned on a kindle and live like a normal person, but he didn't like it. Book people am I right?
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OlmanRiver posted:I know this guy, he has thousands of books in his house. I'm not talking on shelves all nice and neat either. I'm talking books 40 high with cigarette ashes on top of them and stuff. I told him once that he could put every single book he owned on a kindle and live like a normal person, but he didn't like it. Book people am I right? I knew that guy too. He died on the toilet. Most of his books had to be thrown out because they had black mold. He is my hero and inspiration.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:40
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im more of a audio books guy
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Oct 18, 2014 15:49
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making GBS threads on this thread just isn't the same as making GBS threads directly on the op.
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Oct 18, 2014 15:53
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I collect antique books. The oldest one I have is a prose work about the life of Jesus from 1864, so I understand the appeal of just holding a physical book in your hands. Still, the ability to carry around a hundred thousand books on a device small enough to carry in my shirt pocket is just too loving cool to ever give up on. I could start my own civilization with all the science books I routinely carry around just for the hell of it.
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Oct 18, 2014 16:06
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I like getting non-fiction (esp science and history) in book form so others see how smart I am. I use my kindle for warhammer and flashman books
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de_dust posted:I like getting non-fiction (esp science and history) in book form so others see how smart I am. Nice to meet another person who's noticed the Ciaphas Cain/Flashman connection.
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you know what OP? I agree honestly I used to read regularly and then I bought a Kindle 1st gen when it came out and I spent more time loading it with 5000 books and sorting and categorizing and looking for new books to read, then I bought the next Kindle, then the Paperwhite, then an iPad, and now I've realized I've read LESS books in these past years than when I was buying books from a bookstore. I have to force myself to read now, because it's easier to browse SA and Imgur and then 2 hours are gone and I'm like "gently caress it I'll watch the movie". It's like, I could read a book per week easily, and now it's a wonder I read 1 every couple of months, and that's "working" on it. Lately I'm trying to read something before bed but it's not like before when I was reading while drinking coffee. To be fair the ebooks are pretty cool when you can share quotes on twitter or quickly check only your highlighted passages, and it's great to have them all at your disposal at any time instead of carrying them around. But they really lack a bit of soul.
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Oct 18, 2014 16:39
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What I'm saying is, the internet makes u stupid
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Oct 18, 2014 16:40
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de_dust posted:I like getting non-fiction (esp science and history) in book form so others see how smart I am. i agree with the non-fiction part mostly because most ebooks have pretty lovely footnotes or w/e and also when i want to mark something noteworthy for later it's a lot less cumbersome to me to just dogear the page
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Oct 18, 2014 16:44
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gotta love the smell of turning pages in a book.
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Don Tacorleone posted:I have to force myself to read now, because it's easier to browse SA and then 2 hours are gone. It's like, I could read a book per week easily, and now it's a wonder I read 1 every couple of months, and that's "working" on it. so loving true 
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Oct 18, 2014 16:51
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Full Metal Jackass posted:gotta love the smell of turning pages in a book. Just buy a kindle and a bottle of Demeter "paperback" cologne spray, both from Amazon. Then every time you push the "turn page" button spray some cologne in your face.
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Oct 18, 2014 16:55
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Regular books for pleasure. Ebooks for work/study.
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Oct 18, 2014 17:06
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psyopmonkey posted:Regular books for pleasure.
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King Vidiot posted:Just buy a kindle and a bottle of Demeter "paperback" cologne spray, both from Amazon. Then every time you push the "turn page" button spray some cologne in your face.
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King Vidiot posted:Just buy a kindle and a bottle of Demeter "paperback" cologne spray, both from Amazon. Then every time you push the "turn page" button spray some cologne in your face. In the future e book readers will automatically do this psyopmonkey posted:Regular books for pleasure. For me it's the opposite - if I've got to study something and might be jumping back and forth between different parts of the book, or be constantly looking at end notes or anything like that, I'd much rather have a real book. If it's just a novel that is going to get read in one pass straight through, an ebook is just fine.
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Cardiovorax posted:Other way around for me. Studying is just way easier when you can flip back and forth, use bookmarks and make notes directly onto the page. you cant ctrl f normal books
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Oct 18, 2014 17:18
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Hogge Wild posted:you cant ctrl f normal books
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Oct 18, 2014 17:24
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Are e-readers actually fast yet? I had someone buy me a Kindle and I was aghast at how drat sluggish the thing was, and after having to sell even shittier e-readers in Borders I knew that the Kindle was one of the best options. I mean seriously if they boosted the capacity of an e-reader so it could detect and register things like highlights and hand-written notes in a good way I'd use them for goddamn everything.
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Oct 18, 2014 17:25
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i like real books with pages
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Oct 18, 2014 17:26
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Lets go back to scrolls. I wanna be more magical.
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Oct 18, 2014 17:26
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Kinda scary people think the format defines the work.
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Rapman the Cook posted:Kinda scary people think the format defines the work. It certainly affects one's experience. Compare the difference between watching a movie in a theater vice on a laptop. The content is the same but the experience is different.
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If you're not a bibliophile, you probably just won't get it. To some people, holding a real book is just deeply satisfying on an emotional level. It's not really about the work itself.
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mind the walrus posted:Are e-readers actually fast yet? I had someone buy me a Kindle and I was aghast at how drat sluggish the thing was, and after having to sell even shittier e-readers in Borders I knew that the Kindle was one of the best options. mine turns pages at 60 miles per hour, thats fast enough i think
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mind the walrus posted:Are e-readers actually fast yet? I had someone buy me a Kindle and I was aghast at how drat sluggish the thing was, and after having to sell even shittier e-readers in Borders I knew that the Kindle was one of the best options. What year was this? The latest kindle is so fast it makes your post look dumb
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OlmanRiver posted:I know this guy, he has thousands of books in his house. I'm not talking on shelves all nice and neat either. I'm talking books 40 high with cigarette ashes on top of them and stuff. I told him once that he could put every single book he owned on a kindle and live like a normal person, but he didn't like it. Book people am I right? that would cost a lot of money though.
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some people think ebola lacks character
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