I just don't like reading digital books it just feels gross , which is odd because I will read scientific papers on my phone all day long.
I prefer the feal of a real book, which is odd because paper in general feels gross to me.
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The tactile feel of a physical book adds to the reading experience in a way that e-readers cannot.
This is such a huge thing for me. For roleplaying books in particular I want to dig around in a real book to find things it adds so much
How do you roleplay as books and what's your safeword?
Papercut
yeah, because the last time they bought 1984, amazon deleted it off their kindles…
Printed Books dont have DRM. I have my books from School time at the attic and the books from my driving school. And tons of other books.
Not only that, but physical books don't require power.
Digital and audio versions you don't own...
If only my small apartment had room for all the books that fit on my e-reader
My apartment is like 50% books. No regrets.
Now I just need to figure out how to re-pirate books but in physical form 🤔 oh wait...
Everyone is complaining about Amazon. An additional thing to consider is that people learn more deeply when reading from physical copies.