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Originally Posted by HarryT
"No digital editions exist" is not the same as "the only way to get it is illegal". Buy the paper book. It's a peculiar sense of entitlement to believe that there's some god-given right to an ebook.
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I have a pretty difficult time reading paper books these days. I can sort of do it a little bit but I get eyestrain. I can read ebooks. So yes I do suffer from your peculiar sense of entitlement.
I'm able to read ebooks on e-ink for an hour and sometimes two hours without much problem. Then a few minutes later I can read another hour. I typically do this 2 or 3 times a day.
I can read paper books for about 30 minutes but then I can't do any reading at all for at least a couple of hours and sometimes several hours.
I have no idea how unusual my situation is. I doubt that it's uncommon, especially among older people.
I have bought paper books and scanned them so I can read them but that means using images since OCR isn't accurate enough unless I proof first which kind of ruins the fun of reading. I need to read the image scan, usually PDF, on a larger screen and that means LCD which is also difficult for me.
However, all of this and my peculiar sense of entitlement shouldn't really matter. There are better cultural arguments for keeping books available. Once a book is published it belongs to all of us. I'm not talking about distribution rights now, but reading rights. I should have the right to read the books that are part of my culture. I'm willing to pay for it but I'm not willing to give up the right to read it and I shouldn't have to.
Barry