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Originally Posted by ottischwenk
I have a closed arcade 32 * 4 meters between 2 parts of the building and in it about 200 m2 of bookshelves and a very comfortable armchair for readingThat in turn depends on my mood - if I just want to know the content, then I search for the story and then I take the readerI would never read The Good Earth on a reader.
Not even Musil, Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften.
In these cases, I prefer to enjoy my library.
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I was born in a house full of books. My parents were not rich but the money to buy books somehow was always found. And I have to thank my mother for this.
In the house where my father and brother live today there are thousands of books (3000? 4000? I can't even try to count them, 5 full bookcases with double-lined books and a couple of huge boxes).
But I never fell in love with the books themselves, but with the stories or concepts that were inside. And that's why I prefer ereaders to printed books today, also for difficult books.
I can change the font, its size, the intensity of lighting and its colour, the margins, there are the pop-up notes... Of course if there are important images or great maps I need the printed book, but it is only in this particular case that the experience with ereader is limited.
The only printed books that I would really love are the old ones, those of the 40s or more back.
Edit: I own some printed books that I like so much that I also bought the more satisfying ebook edition.