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Why don't you buy paper books? Ebooks lack character.
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Why don't you buy paper books? Ebooks lack character.
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>>7847623
I do
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>>7847623
I do, though. I have about 1,200.
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Why don't you browse /lit/ in paper? Esites lack character.
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>>7847623
Cause i want to read a book printed the last time in 1840 and i can't reach any physical copy.
Man, we are in the year of the Lord 2016, live the dream.
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>the bulk of my possessions, by weight, are books
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>>7847689
Mine would be ammo, as I discovered in my last move.

30+ boxes of books still isn't as horrible as ten boxes of ammo going up the stairs.
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>>7847623
Cause I can't pirate paper
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>>7847656
I do. I print out the homepage every 20 minute.
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>>7847678
>the automatic radiophone is plugged into a globe
>fax machine files print straight into the trash bin
What a world
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>>7847802
>what is kleptomania
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>>7847804

Top kek.
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>>7847623
>buying things that do not improve in value
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>>7847678
>radio heater

aww yeah
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>>7847994

>this triggered casualfag logic

because the food that you buy all the time only appreciates in value too, right? lol
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>>7847994
>books dont improve in value
retarded
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>>7847623
>Paper books
>Not books on tape

ears > eyes
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>a collection of inked paper has capacity for character

But if I'm being serious, I find it easier to read on a screen.
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>>7848019
Food is a necessity, not a material good

>>7848030
I'm sure the Barnes and Noble editions you are buying will improve in value like a first edition, you mong
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Both? I read eBooks at work and paperbacks at home. Honestly, eBooks are crazy cheap, I bought like 7 collections of at least 6 books each, but probably totals around 55 books, for 7 goddamn dollars. Not even thrift shops put out like that. On Google Books you can get all kinds of shit for free.

For a broke ass bitch who can only afford to buy a handful of books a month, eBooks are a goldmine.
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>>7847678
>radio power distributers still exist only in fiction
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>be poor
>receive Kindle for Christmas
>download as many free books as I want
>enough books to last me for years

thats why
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>>7847623
the format literally doesn't matter

what matters is the contents
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>>7847623
I live a nomadic lifestyle and carrying all those heavy books would be a bother
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>>7847623
>buy

Because I'd like to spend as little money as possible
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>>7847811
kleptomania refers to compulsive thievery. Kleptomaniacs generally don't steal things for their use value, they just take shit and get the fuck out.

What they are actually trying to "steal" is the rush. Stealing for any other reason isn't a mental illness, it's just petty theft.
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>>7848019
Food improves in value as you get hungrier.
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I can't read a paper book at 2:30 am with the lights out and my dick in my hand, I'll tell you that
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>>7847623
I prefer phsycial books but for practicality I buy digital a lot. Though, think that if I buy the physical book I should get a download for the digital copy as well. Just for convenience and I'd buy waaay more physical books if they came with a digital copy.
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>>7847623
>character
nothing says character like ground up trees and glue
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>>7847623
>lack character

>posts anime
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>>7848808
The light from your ebook still counts as a light
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>be me
>buy kindle
>read english books from kindle (as i am not in an english speaking country)
>buy paperback books
>forget reading english books from kindle as you fucking love paperback feel
>spend %15 of your monthly gainz into books
>kindle paperwhite costed me only %25 of my monthly gainz
>mfw kindle has saved me more than twice it's cost but i always buy paperback books anyway
>mfw im a filthy materialist that likes to watch its books and amaze people with its sight
>mfw i'll never go full digital
>mfw im a phony english literature student in a third world country
>mfw i read kindle in subway because its easier to read while moving but people look weird so somedays i prefer paperback
>mfw subvocalizing litfags will 'mire my 100 pages a day on subway
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>>7849264
What country?
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>>7849305
Turkey
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>>7847623
Proud paperfag here, but I can understand ebooks because lack of bookshelf space can be a real killer.
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>>7847623

>period pieces = physical copy
>lovecraft or period adventure = old torn physical copy
>sci fi = ebook

Try it. It really enhances the experience.
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>>7849310
wow
you are allowed to read in public in turkey?

are you using proxys to acces 4chan or are you just wating for the militia to come and beat you up already?

how does oppression feel like?
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>>7849723
He said turkey, not China
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>>7849310
>Hop in loser
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>>7849726
>free speech will soon be a thing of the past
>journalists who criticse the almigthy erdokahn go to jail
>after something slightly bad happens they bomb the kurds
>erdogod blackmails the EU right now as we speak
>they are not a democracy anymore
>we still need them to keep unpleasant things awy from us and erdogoku is using that to stop criticism

welcome to turkey
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>>7847623
Books are expensive, so I dont want to waste money for 1 week use & its fucking 2016 why do you want books when you can have device that allows you carry hundreds of books in 300 gr?
when people had to change papyri to books, you idiots probably will argue something like "books dont have sooul passing the pages are not the same as roll the paper xDD >:(((!1"
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>>7849228
You sure showed him.
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>>7849726
China is chill as fuck, anon. There's basically no government where I live unless you're trying to actively bring down the CCP.
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