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Daily Discussion Thread: Tuesday, 14 January, 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by Baku@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Nearly felt suckered into buying a couple of books at the airport store... but nope, as much as I like the feeling of pages through my hands and not staring at a screen, I ain't paying full RRP and I don't have space for more books anyway. And I had a $50 Amazon voucher so phone kindle it is.

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

How do you feel about e book piracy?

Because if it's positive, boy do I have google drive link of mine you might like!

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Haha I have a stack on my ancient kindle. Been using Calibre on library ebooks for over a decade. I'm really bad at concentrating on reading these days though...

[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago

There's a jailbreak for kindle now for any model. Allows native epub books and a much, much better reader.

I collected a few torrents and sorted them by author. It's about 60k books lol

[–] Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Airports are pretty much the only place I buy books (except on Audible). Consider me a sucker 😭

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Man, there is just something romantic and satisfying about having a paper book at the airport and on the plane