Do you still buy physical books? - Page 3

HLS · 10-31-2023, 11:20 AM

There are some books out there not in ebook form. Like I eventually want to read House of Leaves and for some reason you can not get it in ebook form. Also Bridge over the River Kwai.

ZodWallop · 10-31-2023, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by HLS

There are some books out there not in ebook form. Like I eventually want to read House of Leaves and for some reason you can not get it in ebook form. Also Bridge over the River Kwai.

Bridge on the River Kwai is available in the UK. You could travel with Kobo and have it today.

DNSB · 10-31-2023, 07:28 PM

Or for a shorter virtual trip, it's available on Kobo Canada.

ZodWallop · 10-31-2023, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Or for a shorter virtual trip, it's available on Kobo Canada.

Thanks. I always go straight to the UK. I wonder if the Canadian one comes out cheaper?

WillAdams · 10-31-2023, 09:57 PM

Yes.

In at least one instance, I was gifted a print book:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...nd-king-arthur

but because it was so poorly typeset (the lines were just too wide), I bought the ebook and am about half-way through it.

Keeping the print copy (it was a gift) and will use it as a reference text.

haertig · 11-01-2023, 12:47 PM

For reading: It's almost all eBooks for me these days. Some technical books I still buy in paper.

For hard boiled eggs, this thing is great. I bought it skeptically, but it is fantastic. You do have to do a little trial and error up front to get the exact amount of water for your elevation correct - but after that, this thing is wonderful! Start off over cooking the eggs, then back down to where they are to your liking. Under cooking, then moving up during your testing, doesn't work as well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DDXYC6O

JSWolf · 11-01-2023, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by neil_swann80

You can't read about magic swords without thinking of Moorcock.

Yes you can. You can think of King Arthur.

JSWolf · 11-01-2023, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Bridge on the River Kwai is available in the UK. You could travel with Kobo and have it today.

Or you could travel with eBooks.com.

JSWolf · 11-01-2023, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Or for a shorter virtual trip, it's available on Kobo Canada.

It is more expensive to travel to Canada then it is to the UK.

JSWolf · 11-01-2023, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Thanks. I always go straight to the UK. I wonder if the Canadian one comes out cheaper?

The Canadian version is more expensive.

HLS · 11-01-2023, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Bridge on the River Kwai is available in the UK. You could travel with Kobo and have it today.

Noone is going to the UK. Jesus Christ

issybird · 11-01-2023, 06:29 PM

Moderator Notice
Time to drop the traveling talk in this thread. Thanks.

Martinoptic · 11-01-2023, 06:29 PM

Sorry. Deleted post as moderator requested.

DNSB · 11-01-2023, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by haertig

For hard boiled eggs, this thing is great. I bought it skeptically, but it is fantastic. You do have to do a little trial and error up front to get the exact amount of water for your elevation correct - but after that, this thing is wonderful! Start off over cooking the eggs, then back down to where they are to your liking. Under cooking, then moving up during your testing, doesn't work as well.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DDXYC6O

Sadly for most people, it will end in that junk pile of one purpose kitchen devices that most people have at one time or another accumulated. My kitchen area is not that large that I can afford to have too many single purpose gadgets accumulating.

John F · 11-02-2023, 06:36 AM

HLS, any chance you could enable PMs?.

10-31-2023, 07:28 PM	#33
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10-31-2023, 11:20 AM	#31
HLS Wizard Posts: 2,135 Karma: 16342480 Join Date: May 2017 Device: Sage, Scribe, Boox Note 2 Plus, iPad Pros and Samsungs S6,S7,S8	There are some books out there not in ebook form. Like I eventually want to read House of Leaves and for some reason you can not get it in ebook form. Also Bridge over the River Kwai.

10-31-2023, 09:57 PM	#35
WillAdams Wizard Posts: 1,278 Karma: 3982000 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle Scribe and Paperwhite (300ppi)	Yes. In at least one instance, I was gifted a print book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...nd-king-arthur but because it was so poorly typeset (the lines were just too wide), I bought the ebook and am about half-way through it. Keeping the print copy (it was a gift) and will use it as a reference text.

11-01-2023, 12:47 PM	#36
haertig Wizard Posts: 2,032 Karma: 36310770 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Galaxy Tab A9+, Galaxy S25FE	For reading: It's almost all eBooks for me these days. Some technical books I still buy in paper. For hard boiled eggs, this thing is great. I bought it skeptically, but it is fantastic. You do have to do a little trial and error up front to get the exact amount of water for your elevation correct - but after that, this thing is wonderful! Start off over cooking the eggs, then back down to where they are to your liking. Under cooking, then moving up during your testing, doesn't work as well. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DDXYC6O

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John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,219 Karma: 72583667 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	HLS, any chance you could enable PMs?.