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Do you usually purchase digital or physical books? Why? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by nitefox@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Digital if it's for a quick reference here and there, physical if I want to read the whole thing and enjoy it.

[–] korthrun@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Same here. Reference, particularly sheet music and cooking recipes work fine for me digitally.

I can sit at the computer and read social/news media for hours with no problem, but the way ebooks are displayed tires my eyes very quickly for some reason.

While I don't have this issue with the e-ink/e-paper stuff, I've never owned one. I also appreciate that physical books are often much harder to damage and will work without electricity.