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The death of the mass market paperback, the people’s books (nikdirga.com)
submitted 1 week ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/books@lemmy.world
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Books themselves aren’t going anywhere, or so I keep telling myself and fervently hoping despite all the evidence humanity’s collective brains are dissolving into a stew of slop and influence.

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[–] Mister_Feeny@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fuck off, I read all my books on paper cuz I'm old and my eyeballs like it.

[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, but how do your eyeballs like e-readers, compared?

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip -2 points 1 week ago

Your pissing into the wind, and the paperback does fuck all for your eyes.