Does Veeky Forums use e-readers?
Do you mainly buy books or download them?
Does Veeky Forums use e-readers?
Isaiah Martinez
Josiah Barnes
I've never bought an e-book in my entire life and feel like I'll never do it unless a friend of mine publishes something. I can just go to Library Genesis and get whatever I need, without dealing with some bullshit DRM from Amazon and stuff. I still buy physical books, though.
Samuel Carter
Call me a pleb or whatever, but I read non-fiction digitally, I download it for free ;) I don't pay for it. I do pay for fiction, but I consume it physically.
Nolan Ortiz
just printed out Unabomber's manifesto because I can't stand reading from a screen
Gabriel Morgan
yeah pmt
I considered paying for e-books but Amazon are such a disgusting piece of shit of a company. They put DRM on your e-books and can confiscate your entire library at a whim. These degenerates simply deserve it.
Dominic Wilson
The extent to which these companies shoot themselves in the foot really baffles me. It's the same situation as with the old DRM-protected video games. The thing with them was that DRM software was really finicky and often worked to the detriment of the user who payed, forcing them to download DRM-free pirated and hacked versions of the game. It's the same thing with books today, especially with the classics. Free resources often provide a wider variety of editions for a given book, all DRM and payment free. Not to mention the ridicilously high prices on some of the contemporary books. There is zero incentive to purchase kindle versions of the classics, considering that you can purchase even used hardback copies for pennies.
Colton Edwards
I live abroad so yes. They're amazing if you live on a foreign country or want to read foreign books
Joshua Miller
yes, i read way more now since its easy to get the books that most interest you in the internet and also you can be in more comfortable positions while reading since i dont need a light source hitting the page.
i download the books. bought 2 that i couldnt find anywhere to download.
Colton Turner
I buy on amazon for kindles since I got one. It's easy (litteraly one button to press). it's cheap (2-10 dollars so less in euros). The books are always ready to get. I can read english autors without having to buy hard copies and paying for transport fees.
I get it seconds after I want it so it's cool. The only exception is when I really like a book. then I'll buy it in hard copy so I'll still have it if amazon fucks me over in the next decades.
David Mitchell
I don't think you realize how little people give a fuck about these things if they just get an easy service and cheap books.
With video games you had a demographic of people more or less well versed in computers and their machinations.
With ebooks you have a big portion of soccer mom consumers who would never think about getting their books from a different source except amazon etc. or wanting to save the datafile on a separate device. After all they can download it again with their amazon account.
The companies aren't doing anything like shooting themselves in the foot, they know exactly what they do and it is working in their favour.
As for eReaders, I love them for my genre-fiction page-turner garbage, since libgen has almost everything. For the actual books with content I prefer the actual thing.