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e-readers are amazing!
Ikrik:
I have the same philosophy when it comes to movies, books, and music. If I download something and really enjoy it, I will go out and buy it. The fact that I can download movies has not prevented me from buying DVD's, what it has done is given me the opportunity to make my DVD collection much more refined and awesome. I am treating books the same way. If I download a book, read it and love it, then I will go and buy it. If I download music from a band and I really enjoy them, if they come to my town I will buy a ticket and see them.
Elysiana:
If I know I will read a book again and again, I generally go buy it, especially with classics or favorite authors. My relatives like giving me gift cards so that helps.
Cheap thrillers though? I'm so freaking sick of buying them for $10. I don't get that much enjoyment out of them, they're just "something to read". Our library doesn't have a very big selection, so that's kind of not a viable option.
If I bought every book I ever read, I'd be broke. Flat broke. I've already spent several thousand dollars on the books I do have, and I don't make enough to even justify that.
Toba:
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--- Quote from: Toba on 15 Feb 2011, 23:01 ---What does everyone else think?
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I don't know how anyone could honestly justify not downloading one while downloading another.
"I do pirate a lot of music, but I don't pirate books! No sir, I think there's something wrong with that."
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Ah, a very solid and thoughtful counterpoint to my general rule that I follow personally. Well said! ;)
imagist42:
--- Quote from: Jeans on 16 Feb 2011, 06:21 ---I pirate the fuck out of books and music but like, it's not that hard to imagine a hypothetical argument on how the two are different? Publishers and record labels are very different creatures, and artists and authors are in vastly different situations - for instance, like Nick pointed out, touring/band merch is a thing a band can cash in a lot more on that they can records whereas an author doesn't really have anything similar.
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oh come on you know those fuckers are making billions off of book signings, they're just rolling in it
nekowafer:
I usually only get older books anyway.. books that, if I were buying the physical version, would be free (from the book thing) or insanely cheap at some yard sale.
The only thing I miss about getting books from yard sales is the interesting things left in them. My boyfriend was reading Stephen King's The Dark Tower the other day and found an old (1992) Amtrak ticket from NY to MD and a dentist's business card.
That and the musty smell are lost with e-books. Though I do love the plastic-y smell of new gadgets.
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