eReaders - are they worth it?

I have a older Kindle with the keyboard I got years ago. It's pretty nice, the eink display is basically the same as reading paper.

Primary drawbacks I'd note: Inconsistent formatting on some books (ie, layout, footnotes), poor support for images in books (ie, if you're buying a book on military history with a lot of maps in it, get the print version), poor PDF support, sorting tools leave a lot to be desired.

Mainly I'd recommend one if you read a lot of fiction, because you won't have to deal with tons of paperbacks.

>>9042360
They do eventually cover the cost of physical books. Get Kobo, Kindle is a scam.

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>>9042360
I got one, now everyone wants a piece of me.
with a 300ppi resolution, the Kindle Paperwhite is a no-brainer purchase for the avid book reader.

>>9042360
YES

>>9042360
Probably cheaper.

I have an old Kindle 4, i think. Works really well. I stood on it and broke it, so i bought another. Had to do 4 updates to get it to connect to amazon tho. No big deal.

It's only worth it if you use it. I don't find much of a difference between physical and ebooks. A kindle is great if you read multiple things at once.

It's also great if you don't want some (other) pretentious cocksucker coming up and dropping sick memes all over you when he see's you reading Timothy Pinchon.

>>9042360
Well you can pirate stuff, so there's your answer. It can be difficult to find anything beyond the classics and recent popular stuff though.

Reading from paper is still preferable though imo.

>>9043405
>It can be difficult to find anything beyond the classics and recent popular stuff though.
not if you know where to look.

have a kindle (cheapest one) and like it. there are some books that i do not want to have physical copies of. i've moved across continents 5 times in the last 3 years with at least 2 more moves coming up in the next year. when i read for pleasure and not school, i really don't give a shit about hanging onto it.

WE
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>>9043430
WHAT
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A
FILTER?

>>9043409
And where do you look?

>>9044513
libgen.io

>>9044513
Mobilism and Soulseek