You guys still buy physical books?

[kyrax12]

Or have you converted to digital?

 

[Imp]

Just started going digital. The price difference is minimal for the most part, but my bookshelves are getting full.

 

[Leros]

I buy physical for books when I think I'll want to lend them out. I have a kindle and read novels on that.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

One more time. Try to stay with me, it's complicated I know. 90% of written material is not available online or in digital format. I do buy most of my casual reading for fun online, however.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

If I can find them at the used bookstore I do, otherwise I prefer digital.

 

[homebrew2ny]

Of Course I do.

 

[SKORPI0]

How to Do, DIY, Technical/reference - YES.
Novels, comics, magazines- NO.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i still prefer physical books

 

[waggy]

How to Do, DIY, Technical/reference - YES.
Novels, comics, magazines- NO.

exactly.

its great though that you can get comics digitally. I just wish they would lower the cost.


with DIY stuff i get the book. that way i can mark in it and make notes. though i also tend to do that in sci-fi and fantasy books. i mark where something big happens or just a note.

since i do that i don't lend out books very often or borrow them

 

[JManInPhoenix]

Most physical books I buy at the used book store. Newer stuff I tend to get for the kindle.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Everything digital.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Dislike digital as I love to read outside with polarized sunglasses -

I rarely read a new book, so most everything can be found for $4 shipped.

 

[nickbits]

I only started reading when I got my kindle. Physical books are a pita. My wife only does physical books though.

 

[TridenT]

Pretty much the only books I buy are college textbooks. It makes no financial sense to buy digital. (It is barely cheaper and usually better to buy a used textbook and sell it back)

But for a few terms now, I've been able to find many of my required textbooks online for free. (Thanks, Google)

Other books? Eh, I go to the library. Usually, that means it's physical access. (I'd prefer digital, but no choice) I don't buy books unless I have to for a course (and I can't borrow it from the school's library).

 

[Markbnj]

Almost never. Started reading on my kindle a few years ago and never looked back.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Only as a last resort, like if I want to read something now and the publisher has set the Kindle price higher than the paperback price.

Even when that happens I'm equally likely to say "no sale, jerk!" and spend my money elsewhere until they come to their senses.

I still buy physical CDs though, since I want to rip them to lossless FLAC.

 

[lxskllr]

Pretty much digital only. I already have too much space taken up by books, and don't need to add more to it. The only exception is small published books that aren't digital, or don't lend themselves well to the digital format; usually local history.

 

[gorcorps]

Assuming novels: only digital, and I read a lot more than I would have otherwise. Between Amazon's Prime library and fairly regular sales I'm getting them pretty cheap. Nothing beats the weight and convenience of the ereaders in my book.

 

[Imp]

Only as a last resort, like if I want to read something now and the publisher has set the Kindle price higher than the paperback price.

Even when that happens I'm equally likely to say "no sale, jerk!" and spend my money elsewhere until they come to their senses.

I still buy physical CDs though, since I want to rip them to lossless FLAC.

I am still buying some CDs, but I've mostly switched to buying stuff off iTunes. It's instant delivery, and if I don't want the album, it's cheaper. The sound quality difference is unnoticeable to me even with bookshelf + receiver + subwoofer for a speaker setup.

 

[MongGrel]

I rarely read other than on the net, but as far as bookss I still get physical ones now and then.

Maybe just me, but I grew up that way, I actually like having a real book in my hands and reading it still, but I was on of those kids used to do that with a flashlight under the sheets in bed once I had a book I liked when it got late.

 

[lxskllr]

The sound quality difference is unnoticeable to me even with bookshelf + receiver + subwoofer for a speaker setup.

I rip everything to 256kbps vorbis or opus. It sounds fine on my equipment, and still allows another transcode if necessary with noticeable degradation on my stuff.

 

[TridenT]

I rip everything to 256kbps vorbis or opus. It sounds fine on my equipment, and still allows another transcode if necessary with noticeable degradation on my stuff.

I have studio monitors and a sub that goes with them. I've downloaded the lossless (various versions) and lossy versions of NIN - The Slip album online and I could not make a significant difference out of it. If it's 320kbps versus lossless, I don't think I'll ever notice. And when I was testing, I was playing parts over and over to tell the difference. I couldn't. Sounded the same.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I must be in the minority but I like the look, feel, and smell of paper. Plus I love to read in the bathtub, and while I've never dropped a book in there I have got the pages wet and that might be a bad idea with an ereader.

 

[MongGrel]

I must be in the minority but I like the look, feel, and smell of paper. Plus I love to read in the bathtub, and while I've never dropped a book in there I have got the pages wet and that might be a bad idea with an ereader.

+1

 

[thedarkwolf]

I prefer digital but I refuse to pay very much for them. It is ridiculous that I can buy the paper back version for $7 but the digital is $6 to $10. If the digital version is $3 I'll buy it if not I'll get it from the library for free.