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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Full price books? Digital. Then second hand physical (rarely) and books from a library.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I do surveys for money and so I use Google Play gift cards to buy ebooks and they don't cost me actual income. Win win.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

i buy physical books, and then pirate a digital copy

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Digital. I use Kindle and just submit to Amazons monthly fees.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

No because the library exists for both.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Physical because I write in my books, it keeps me more engaged in the reading process. I also like having them on my shelf and ready to share with a friend or colleague.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Physical. I enjoy thrift shopping for books cheap - mostly unusual cooking books.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Usually digital. It's faster, cheaper (in most cases), and more convenient. I can carry a whole library in my pocket.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Physical. But only after I've pirated it digitally if I enjoyed it enough

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Physical, though I usually get them from the library. When I do buy them, it's physical too, so I can lend them out, or give them away.

Maybe a third of the books I read are gifts or loaners from friends.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I purchase mostly digital books because I use to read at night next to my sleeping partner and e-reader is the easiest way for me. Also O don't have a very big house to store all. Now from a piracy vs purchase point of view: I actually buy ebooks as a mark of support to authors I like very much. Now I must confess that for some very popular authors, I trend to think that one book pirated or one book bought won't change a lot for them. So I buy mostly less known or indie authors at the end.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yes. I like to read.

[โ€“] Starb3an 1 points 7 months ago

Audiobooks mainly. I fix machines or create my own diy projects with my hands so I can continue it's much easier to consume.

If the series I'm listening to is really good, I end up subscribing to their patreon and reading chapters as soon as they release them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Always digital, unless the thing is available only physically.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I aquire thrm digitally... In the high seas.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Physical, i like reading it more than stareing at a screen

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago
[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

eMule, for my partner's e-reader

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

I tend to buy ebooks nowadays just because it's convenient. I find ereader experience nowadays is pretty much the same as reading a regular book.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://piped.video/Akd-OPESJTI

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago
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