There's no such thing as having too many physical books, realistically speaking. If you possess a physical book, they cannot go back and change the wording, adjust the content, replace words, etc., as they can (and already) do with e-books and digital copies. That's why I don't regret buying a big haul of books that may go unread for three, five, even ten years. I have the books as they were meant to be read and they cannot be censored by the authorities.
Yes, they can, so long as your computer is connected to the internet. It's the same way Microsoft or Apple or whoever updates your computer regularly without you doing anything. If they can change the software, they can change digital files stored on your computer.
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Schizo
11 months ago
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How does your computer get automatically updated?
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I'm running Fedora so it doesn't.
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I mean what allows Microsoft or Apple or whatever to automatically update personal computers without the users' consent?
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utterly bluepilled.
Show me 1 (one) single example of a file being remotely EDITED by feds. Bonus points for a book
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Not by feds, but by companies. If the private companies have it, the feds have it too:
Amazon, Apple, and Steam have a history of modifying, changing, or replacing things you've already bought on their platforms through an internet connection.
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If you bought your ebook from Amazon and it is hosted on their servers, then sure. But only an idiot would pay for ebooks. With de-DRMed epub files stored locally there is no chance in hell that anything will happen to them. Realistically, the only point of failure is your hard drive, which can fail. If you are scared of that, just back up your files.
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Or, now hear me out on this, you buy a book so your can read it whenever you want with no reliance on electricity or computers.
>no point in buying books anymore
so when they stop publishing honest non-fiction or truly creative fiction, and they edit the digital copies and the e-books of books already published, what are you going to read?
I live in a small country with a small culture where every good book is published in small numbers, and I get the fear of missing out if I don't buy it because it is very hard to find older books that were sold out. Thus I buy more books than I read. Am I justified?
>go to donate some finished books >you get credit towards buying used books for every book donated >leave with more books than I came with
It keeps happening
You're not hoarding your lit in preparation for the end of days?
Really tho, books don't stay in print forever and libraries often cull their collections. I picked up 2666 from a library sale.
I quickly realised I didn't have the money or space to buy everything I want to read, so I have been using the library usually, except for things where I want a specific translation or edition, and some books I really like I will buy a copy. The only downside to the library is having to wait for books, though with an infinite backlog it's possible to game the system so there's always at least one book on bold ready, but it does get stressful juggling all the holds in the app constantly just to cross your fingers that one will become available
Library is for trying out new books and authors, buying is for stuff I like to reread or lend to other people. Also my library does a book sale every weekend so I often pick up cheap stuff there.
>read another twenty books i'll never buy
There's no such thing as having too many physical books, realistically speaking. If you possess a physical book, they cannot go back and change the wording, adjust the content, replace words, etc., as they can (and already) do with e-books and digital copies. That's why I don't regret buying a big haul of books that may go unread for three, five, even ten years. I have the books as they were meant to be read and they cannot be censored by the authorities.
Bro the feds can't change the EPUB file that's in my hard drive.
Yes, they can, so long as your computer is connected to the internet. It's the same way Microsoft or Apple or whoever updates your computer regularly without you doing anything. If they can change the software, they can change digital files stored on your computer.
Schizo
How does your computer get automatically updated?
I'm running Fedora so it doesn't.
I mean what allows Microsoft or Apple or whatever to automatically update personal computers without the users' consent?
Show me 1 (one) single example of a file being remotely EDITED by feds. Bonus points for a book
Not by feds, but by companies. If the private companies have it, the feds have it too:
Amazon, Apple, and Steam have a history of modifying, changing, or replacing things you've already bought on their platforms through an internet connection.
If you bought your ebook from Amazon and it is hosted on their servers, then sure. But only an idiot would pay for ebooks. With de-DRMed epub files stored locally there is no chance in hell that anything will happen to them. Realistically, the only point of failure is your hard drive, which can fail. If you are scared of that, just back up your files.
Or, now hear me out on this, you buy a book so your can read it whenever you want with no reliance on electricity or computers.
utterly bluepilled.
>The Chad Reader VS The Virgin Consoomer
There is no point in buying books anymore, unless you want to "collect" (holy cringe)
>no point in buying books anymore
so when they stop publishing honest non-fiction or truly creative fiction, and they edit the digital copies and the e-books of books already published, what are you going to read?
You can read and collect. In fact many people who collect books also read
I don't believe any of the/pol/tards who download evola and mein kampf pdf files on their computers actually read them.
I WILL own things, you fricking bugman.
You don't own anything, insect
Hey baby what are you doing later?
oh, you'll buy them alright..
Average show your books shelf moron
>books shelf
>steadily making my way through my backlog
I do have like 5 more volumes of In Search of Lost Time sitting there though, I'll do it one of these days.
>downloaded another 30 books I'll never read
Help. I must doooownload but I never read.
stop shopping wtf
they are 25 cents at the thrift store what am i supposed to do??
>download another 100 epubs I'll never open
sad
Last month I read 20 books and only had 22 books left to read, now it's back to 44. I'm not making it bros...
How did you read two books per three days consistently like that? Were these books really short?
A good library should have some unread books in it
I downloaded a ton of japanese books from archive and nearly every evelyn waugh book and put them onto my kindle
How rich are you homies? I'm so crummy that if I buy a book I'll make sure to read it even if I hate it just to get my bang for the buck
I have disposable income
I go to charity shops and buy books for $1-3 each
thrift stores usually have books in the $2-$5 range
once i bought a book for 50¢
I have 12.5gb downloaded pdfs
sometimes I look thru them
usually I just try to get moar
various topics
here I did infographic for that
>not-using-kebab-case
I live in a small country with a small culture where every good book is published in small numbers, and I get the fear of missing out if I don't buy it because it is very hard to find older books that were sold out. Thus I buy more books than I read. Am I justified?
>go to donate some finished books
>you get credit towards buying used books for every book donated
>leave with more books than I came with
It keeps happening
I love how on IQfy's IQfy board apparently no one has a library card and everyone buys every book they read.
Library is for poorgays and books aren’t expensive to buy. You can get most with a $20 bill
You're not hoarding your lit in preparation for the end of days?
Really tho, books don't stay in print forever and libraries often cull their collections. I picked up 2666 from a library sale.
I quickly realised I didn't have the money or space to buy everything I want to read, so I have been using the library usually, except for things where I want a specific translation or edition, and some books I really like I will buy a copy. The only downside to the library is having to wait for books, though with an infinite backlog it's possible to game the system so there's always at least one book on bold ready, but it does get stressful juggling all the holds in the app constantly just to cross your fingers that one will become available
Library is for trying out new books and authors, buying is for stuff I like to reread or lend to other people. Also my library does a book sale every weekend so I often pick up cheap stuff there.
Library? You mean the homeless and drug addict convention?
Books are great as decor. Ut could be worse