• unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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    8 months ago

    If you have an ereader with an eink screen... it's a no-brainer. Digital books are soooo good.

    • virtually no weight
    • virtually no space
    • waaaaay cheaper
    • your local library has probably a way bigger and more accessible catalogue of ebooks than physical ones
    • tap and hold a word and get an automatic definition/translation
    • adjust text size or font
    • dark mode, if you into that (in some models)
    • Text-to-speech (in some models)
    • highlight text and write notes without f-ing up pages
    • literally translate entire phrases or look particular information from Wikipedia or similar with a simple gesture.
    • backup all of those and do crazy stuff like an automatic daily email to yourself with cool notes you took months/years ago.

    Physical books nowadays are like vynil music... it's for the artwork and having a physical "certificate" of something you love. Like... if I discover a book I really enjoy, I'll probably buy a physical version so I can, you know, have it there on the shelf, like you have family pics or something.

    • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      Just got a kobo libra 2 a couple of weeks ago and I'm loving it. You forgot to mention the dictionary native to most e-readers too!