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Mel Mudkiper posted:Which is why I said I buy e-books? Oh yeah -- I meant ebooks. The library's a nice money-saver in general.
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Yeah but I also want to support literary fiction financially and have the book in my permanent possession.
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Nov 3, 2015 20:34
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Hardbacks are gross vanity items
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Nov 3, 2015 20:35
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If anyone knows: I'm looking to buy Leah Remini's "Troublemaker" for my girlfriend. I'm aware today it came out, but I cannot find it anywhere in Montreal, QC. Nowhere to be found on amazon.ca either. Is there a different release date for canadian citizens?
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Nov 3, 2015 21:49
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Its more price for me. I buy between 30-40 new books a year and the e-reader to hardcover difference is literally hundreds of dollars. Do people actually buy ebooks? It's a fancy text file, that's not worth money.
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Nov 4, 2015 03:07
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A human heart posted:Do people actually buy ebooks? It's a fancy text file, that's not worth money. i pay for them when it's a new translation or something because i want to support more soviet lit translations
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Nov 4, 2015 03:10
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Ras Het posted:Hardbacks are gross vanity items I should take a picture of my library to see if it makes you physically sick...
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Nov 4, 2015 04:19
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A human heart posted:Do people actually buy ebooks? It's a fancy text file, that's not worth money. And a paperback book is that same fancy text file printed with about a dollar's worth of paper and ink. What exactly the gently caress is your point?
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Ras Het posted:Hardbacks are gross vanity items I feel the same way about sheets and refrigeration.
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Nov 4, 2015 06:04
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these days like 90% of the books I read are NYRB paperbacks. they are consistently very good books, and they also consistently short/thin books which is great since i am always on the road. and they are also consistently well designed       Earwicker fucked around with this message at 09:35 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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Nov 4, 2015 09:33
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Yeah but I also want to support literary fiction financially and have the book in my permanent possession. Taking books out of the library does support literary fiction financially.
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Nov 4, 2015 10:37
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Hedrigall posted:And a paperback book is that same fancy text file printed with about a dollar's worth of paper and ink. What exactly the gently caress is your point?
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Nov 4, 2015 12:11
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Mr. Squishy posted:Taking books out of the library does support literary fiction financially. It also supports your library, which is probably even more important.
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Nov 4, 2015 12:12
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A human heart posted:One's a file and the other is a book. So a book's entire value is the physical object, and not, you know, the words the author put in it? According to you, all those words together in a formatted downloadable file aren't worth any money at all. But print it on paper and it magically becomes something of value.
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Nov 4, 2015 12:20
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Holy poo poo guys, I like buying books ok. I have no idea why that is setting all of you off so hard.
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Nov 4, 2015 13:21
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Weird that boasting about pointless displays of wealth makes people dislike you.
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Nov 4, 2015 13:34
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Mr. Squishy posted:Weird that boasting about pointless displays of wealth makes people dislike you. I said I like my e-reader because I can buy new books a lot cheaper. How is that boasting about wealth?
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Nov 4, 2015 13:35
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I would love to drop 60 quid for an electronic book, but unfortunately I donate every spare penny after living expenses to various charities. Guess it's just the cost of being a good person.
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Nov 4, 2015 13:42
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I have quite a lot of money and am well read. My hair is luscious.
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Nov 4, 2015 13:59
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Mel Mudkiper posted:Holy poo poo guys, I like buying books ok. I have no idea why that is setting all of you off so hard. your a fucker
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Nov 4, 2015 14:06
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CestMoi posted:I have quite a lot of money and am well read. My hair is luscious. when you first appeared in TBB you were super annoying but now you're one of my favorite posters. good job CestMoi
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Nov 4, 2015 14:07
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blue squares posted:when you first appeared in TBB you were super annoying but now you're one of my favorite posters. I think I still find your posts a bit annoying, but probably not more so than I find most other people's. Your heart is in the right place though, and I respect that.
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Nov 4, 2015 14:18
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Hedrigall posted:According to you, all those words together in a formatted downloadable file aren't worth any money at all. But print it on paper and it magically becomes something of value. uh, yes? congratulations on wrapping your mind around magick 101 i guess
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Nov 4, 2015 16:39
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The most incredible thing about my Kindle Paperwhite is how utterly uninteresting the ads are. I've used it a lot now, and I've never seen an ad for a book I'm interested in. Considering that Amazon has access to pretty much my entire purchase history and already uses effective "you might be interested in"-algorithms on their store, this is pretty astonishing.
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Nov 4, 2015 18:32
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Hedrigall posted:According to you, all those words together in a formatted downloadable file aren't worth any money at all. But print it on paper and it magically becomes something of value. Yes, that's correct.
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Nov 5, 2015 03:53
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A human heart posted:Yes, that's correct. That's loving stupid. E: like for real, following that argument the author puts in 0% of the value of the book.
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Nov 5, 2015 12:34
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The Erland posted:The most incredible thing about my Kindle Paperwhite is how utterly uninteresting the ads are. I've used it a lot now, and I've never seen an ad for a book I'm interested in. Considering that Amazon has access to pretty much my entire purchase history and already uses effective "you might be interested in"-algorithms on their store, this is pretty astonishing. Years ago the Kindle ads were legit good Like one time I got a coupon for 5 bux off an Amazon order through it, that sorta thing They suck now though
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Nov 5, 2015 14:17
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:That's loving stupid. The monetary value of the book does not equal the value of the book.
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Nov 5, 2015 14:24
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Srice posted:Years ago the Kindle ads were legit good Almost every single ad is for some romance-looking book
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Nov 5, 2015 14:25
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Ras Het posted:The monetary value of the book does not equal the value of the book. Valid point. However, saying that the content of the book Independent of physical form doesn't have monetary value still devalues the author in a non-monetary sense.
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Nov 5, 2015 15:47
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:Valid point. However, saying that the content of the book Independent of physical form doesn't have monetary value still devalues the author in a non-monetary sense. good. most authors could use a rigorous de-valueing.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:18
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A human heart posted:Yes, that's correct. So what you're saying is that a hardcover book containing the text of a novel, and one containing random garbage like, say, your posts, have the same value, as the value of a book comes entirely from the physical object it's printed in and not from the actual words inside?
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Nov 5, 2015 17:40
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Why are you people responding to him like he wasn't absolutely loving with you
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Nov 5, 2015 17:59
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actually ebooks, due to their existence independent of physical substance as pure idea, are closer to the Platonic Form of the book and therefore innately superior to atom-bound material texts
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Nov 5, 2015 18:51
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End Of Worlds posted:actually ebooks, due to their existence independent of physical substance as pure idea, are closer to the Platonic Form of the book and therefore innately superior to atom-bound material texts You're probably being sarcastic, but this was legit my experience when I first bought a kindle. It removed all the distracting and non-reading aspects of a book, all the collecting and organizing and preserving dust covers and showing off and looking for fonts in the colophon.
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Nov 5, 2015 20:16
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SMH at all these people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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Nov 5, 2015 23:18
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lifg posted:It removed all the distracting and non-reading aspects of a book, all the collecting and organizing and preserving dust covers and showing off and looking for fonts in the colophon. thats why i live in a pristine glass cube and eat nutrient pills for every meal
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Nov 5, 2015 23:33
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Ras Het posted:The monetary value of the book does not equal the value of the book. yeah doggy ToxicFrog posted:So what you're saying is that a hardcover book containing the text of a novel, and one containing random garbage like, say, your posts, have the same value, as the value of a book comes entirely from the physical object it's printed in and not from the actual words inside? This is a silly hypothetical.
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Nov 6, 2015 01:17
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I will be staying warm thanks to my copious collection of books I have haphazardly laying around my floor during the postapoclyptic end days while you guys can enjoy choking on the fumes of burning plastic and electronics
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