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Feb 15, 2013 09:40AM
Do you use an eReader/Tablet to read or do you borrow/buy the actual books? Also, how often do you pay for the books you read?
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I use an eReader and my books are downloaded (arrrrgh!)
some libraries have copies you can get for your tablet etc....so u can still borrow them.
I look up the book in PDF format on google. Then I go to zamzar.com and enter the PDF URL and convert it to ePub, download it onto my computer, put it into iTunes and sync it with my iPod do it shows up in IBooks. It's the only way I can read my books. I can't afford to spend $8 on every book in the list, and the closest library is way too far of a drive from where I live.
Kristina wrote: "I look up the book in PDF format on google. Then I go to zamzar.com and enter the PDF URL and convert it to ePub, download it onto my computer, put it into iTunes and sync it with my iPod do it sho..."I pirate all my books to (apart from graphic novels) and load them on my eReader but I was completely unaware of that website, thanks for the link.
I have an extensive library, so a lot of the books on the list I already own (Looking for Alaska, Gatsby, Ender's Game). I also have a library card and I borrow some of the books from the library. If I end up liking a book a lot, I usually buy a hard copy of it. For example I initially got The Hunger Games on my nook, but ended up loving the series so much I bought a hard copy of the set for my collection.
I can't force myself to read on eReaders or tablets, because I really dislike it, so I just buy books (I try to find the cheapest editions - paperback - or even used ones), I borrow them from friends or I bring some from my college's library.
So I have bought the last few books for my Kindle, but I have stopped with the Sparrow. I did the math in my head and I realized I cannot afford to do 500 dollars. Thankfully, my library situation is easy so I am good.
I have a few boxes of books to start from. I've read several of the suggested books in the thread, so I'll find other books to read while the nation reads those out of the ones I've been meaning to check out for a while. (Slaughterhouse Five, for instance.)I have an e-reader and I've been mostly using that. I love it so far! I've gotten friends to send me some ebooks as well.
So far, I have purchased one my Kindle and used the free audiobook for one. I already owned Outliers. I plan to use the library for number four, since the reviews haven't been so great. I have a friend who is going to lend me the Great Gatsby. I'm curious to see what other books will be discussed. I'd like to check some local used book stores to help drive down costs some.
Now that I have a Kindle, I LOVE reading ebooks. Sometimes the formatting is off (professionally published or not), but I can squash my inner grammar nazi and get over it for the pleasure of the reading experience. I also have an Audible subscription, which I love for certain books as well (I haven't listened to a novel in audio form, but I read mostly non-fiction and have gotten a lot of great titles that way). Right now I have a backlog of books already bought or borrowed - in paper, audio, and ebook form - that I am trying to polish off. So I'm only joining in with the book club choices when it's a book I'm interested in anyway. ;) I have a library card I used to use a lot too, but am trying to focus on the backlog before I make another trip there, as well. :)
I read any way I can. I have the Kindle app for windows, I have the Kindle app on my phone, I buy books in stores almost constantly... Reading is an addiction to me. If I can't get a book to read I'll buy it's audio book, I love books.
Real books! Libraries make it cheap (AKA free besides the fines because I am lazy and the books I buy at the library sale)!
I used to hate reading on an eReader, but I'm growing fond of my sister's Nook. It's really nice for when you're reading at night.
I read a lot and i have an ebook and i use it to get books that i can't get from the library or borrow. I get some through my library ebook thing and then buy books as a last result if i want it really badly. I am an avid reader and with an ebook i am always able to have something to read
Not gonna lie, I have a Kindle and I pirate mostly everything. If I am having serious trouble finding something that I really want to read then I might give in and buy it from the Kindle store.I go through at least a book per week and I can't afford to pay for every book I read + my local library is crap and has a very small selection.
Digital books are lovely being a new mother and all. It makes cradling and rocking a crying baby for hours on end ten times easier.
I have a digital library of more than 150 books and a personal library of probably 200 books... I love reading books however I can get my hands on them!
I love reading actual physical books and the idea that we are heading into a mainly digital age with them depresses me. I think books are one of the last romantic things left in the world. Alas! I buy most of my physical books from amazon. And since I got a prime membership I can borrow a book for free a month with a kindle, so I'm borrowing my mom's old kindle to read books I normally wouldn't pick up. And if I end up liking them I buy the physical copy to have in my library :D I would have a really hard time buying digital copies of books, it feels like buying air.
Personally I prefer digital books because i can keep hundreds and hundreds on my iPad. Apart from the advantage of not having to worry about where to store my books, there are some advanced features like looking up the definition or origin of a word and also the possibility of marking certain passages that you really like. Also digital is way easier to pirate, Arr.
I usually read on my Nook because I'm usually reading multiple books at once and it's easier to carry around than two or three books in my bag. I really enjoy reading physical books so whenever I can, and if the books isn't very thick I'll buy the actual book!
I read actual books i love owning the books i read being able to sit them on my shelf, i hate how everything is going electronic now days. I pay for every book i read. The only electronic stories i read are from Wattpad because that's the only way you can read them.
I can see why people like ereaders, but it bears pointing out that if you buy a book, you don't own it, just like music via itunes. Basically you purchase a license to the material, which can be revoked, with appropriate compensation, at any time. I like real books not only for the feel of a real book, but because it's a physical object that you own, not a bunch of 1's and 0's that you actually have little rights to.
Ryan wrote: "I can see why people like ereaders, but it bears pointing out that if you buy a book, you don't own it, just like music via itunes. Basically you purchase a license to the material, which can be r..."That's only if there is DRM on the ebooks which isn't always the case.
i like books more. i haven't been much of a reader until this year but i would prefer a book over a nook
I prefer physical copies of books, I don't live near a library though so for book club i've been making do with anything I can get. Mostly i've used digital copies so far but i've got boxes and boxes (and boxes) of books laying around so hopefully we'll eventually get to read some books I already have laying around.Although I am forever buying more whenever i'm in a bookstore, particularly from the sales tables. Who can say no to $2 books, lol.
I buy all my books. I love books, new clean hardback books. Sometimes, because I am incredibly impatient I dream about having a Kindle; but NO! lol okay point being, I buy all my books at Barnes and Noble ever since Borders got the shutdown, and I have a tendency to always buy hardback.
I have a 12.000 ebooks library for my kindle and all of it is pirated (i didn't pay for it). Lately i've begun looking for ebooks on sale and i've bought a few, but mostly because i didn't found them elsewhere and also they were in romanian, my native language. Don't get me wrong, i buy many books (paperback and hardcovers) from regular bookstores, but in my country i don't find so often ebooks for kindle and in romanian (most of the publishers offer epubs with drm protection, which i hate) so if i want to use my kindle i have to break the law :)
I read on my tablet(less weight than actually carrying around 10-20 books) and I download most of them, but I I really can't find a book that I want digitally, Ill just hit the library(but it's such a hassle to look through rows of books for the one you want..)
I own a literal truck load of books, and like a lot of people before me, I love physical books. The weight of them, the smell of the paper and ink, all of the things I associate with reading from my childhood. However, my storage space is extremely limited, and there aren't a lot of people around me that I can give books away to, so I recently purchased a Nook. I assumed I would hate it, because it would take away the sensory perceptions I enjoy so much about reading. I was pleasantly surprised! I love it! Not only is it a lot lighter than carrying two or three books with me everywhere I go, but it supports other kinds of media as well. I can read a newspaper, a book, my pulse app, another book, a comic, let my kids use it for their books and videos... all with the same device! I don't really pirate any of my books... but that's probably just because I never bothered to learn how. Overdrive and the Project Gutenberg are my best friends for free ebooks.
Its kind of odd that no one has mentioned library ebooks - is it not common for library systems to provide a digital catalog now as well? I find that I DL a significant number of books for my kindle, but there are plenty that simply aren't that easy to find in a pirateable form, so I buy a few and get what i can from my library's catalog. I still have a decently sized physical library of books, but i'm finding it harder and harder to read anything that isn't on my Kindle - its just so damn convenient and fits in my tiny purse. If anyone is thinking about getting a kindle (or upgrading their current one), the paperwhite is amazing! no audio, no web browsing - but if all you are looking for is an e-reader, its the best out there :P
I have a kindle paperwhite which I love. I download most of my books of Amazon as it is really cheap and I always read the sample first to make sure I like it.
I have a kindle but I rarely use it. Nothing can replace the feeling of a real, hard copy book in my hands. I can interact with it, flip back and forth between passages, highlight quotes and dog ear pages. You can tell from one glance at my bookshelf what books I love the best - they're all disheveled like they've had a really satisfying fuck. I like to support my local bookstores, so I don't really mind spending money on books.
I read mostly on my iPad because I have the availability of iBooks, Kindle, and the Nook
I have a lot of ebooks, which I have downloaded from the internet (arrr!), then I either read from my laptop or my iPad. But I still prefer reading real books, but they are damn expensive, so I spend a lot of time searching for books in used books stores.
