02-27-2025, 04:30 PM
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I still buy physical books, but only one of two categories. New comics, especially those that won't be part of a subscription service like DC Universe Infinite or Marvel Unlimited, and books that I want to collect (special editions and stuff like that, to look pretty on the shelf when not in use).
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02-27-2025, 04:42 PM
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Bibliophagist
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02-27-2025, 05:58 PM
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Wizard
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On a rare occasion. Kindles (e-ink) don't do well with pictures, maps, charts, etc. So if I know a book has a lot of those things, I'll go for the physical book rather than the ebook.
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02-28-2025, 12:21 AM
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Grand Sorcerer
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03-06-2025, 01:38 PM
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Zealot
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I buy paper books if they're not available digitally and I really want it.
Or I buy special editions of books I love. Or I buy new/excellent quality paper books for library donations. |
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03-08-2025, 09:40 AM
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My husband still prefers physical books so we have bought some recently. He is currently on restricted activity due to a surgery. He ran out of reading material. I offered to go to the library for him. He said "Don't you have something on one of those gadgets I could read?"
We don't have the same taste in books but I found some things he might like and put them on my Nook Glowlight 4+. I showed him how to turn it on, go to the library, and find the book. When I tried to show him how to change font style, size, line spacing or margins, he said "I don't want to play with it, I just want to read it." He is happily reading away using "Publishers defaults". It's driving me crazy. LOL I guess us Mobileread regulars really are different. |
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03-08-2025, 10:00 AM
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Grand Sorcerer
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 ); but the first thing I did when I got my first ereader was adjust the settings. I can't imagine not wanting to adjust them at all - how much, that depends on one's preferences.
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03-08-2025, 11:44 AM
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03-08-2025, 12:06 PM
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Readaholic
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I was sold on eBooks because I could instantly start a new book without having to carry two books when at the end of one.
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03-08-2025, 06:04 PM
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Rarely. Basically just cookbooks, reference type books and some stuff that just doesn't have a digital option. Occasionally I'll get something a book store that's not one of those but maybe once a year if that.
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03-22-2025, 06:56 PM
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Reader of Books
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I do. But only after I've already read it and know it's something I truly want a physical backup/trophy of
 I've cut back a lot over the years |
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03-26-2025, 09:26 AM
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Wizard
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I buy some physical books but i always end up getting the ebook as well for its easier to read
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05-17-2025, 10:03 PM
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my last book i read was Physical i bought at a Flea market a month or so ago which was Hideaway by Dean Koontz (1992) not one of his best books but not among his worst either. i'm Currently reading Whispers (1980) by him and it's the paperback i'm reading from my last one was The Hardback of it
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05-19-2025, 09:00 AM
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Rarely buy physical books — but puzzles are the exception
I mostly read ebooks and rarely buy physical ones these days. But my kids love puzzle books. They are way more fun to solve with a pencil in a real book. So I still end up buying a few physical ones just for that reason.
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05-22-2025, 12:39 AM
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Zealot
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I bought 3 Physical books this week 1 Paperback and 2 hardbacks
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