• penguin@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    For people who value reading: if they have no books on their shelves. They might be avid readers of ebooks, or just use the library.

    But this should clear itself up with a rather simple discussion started by mentioning a book you read recently.

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      11 months ago

      But not having books on your shelves is not a green flag, it just might not be a red flag.

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        The most prolific readers I know use the library almost exclusively. Real book a week people don’t buy the books they read! They’d be broke!

        That said, they still own a million books because even if they’re only buying a fraction, they still fill up their bookcases

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          My bookshelf is a time capsule of books until about 15 years ago when I got my first ebook reader. Everything has been digital since then.

          I have a library membership of course, but I mostly make use of a digital ebook subscription service. It’s so much easier than reserving books and wait-lists for the digital catalogue of the library.

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          Totally this I read an absolute ton (and more even if you count audio books, which I do) and the vast majority is from the library. Even easier now with ebooks and apps. I’ve still got a pretty full bookshelf though of things like Illustrated editons, some real nice printings of some of my favorites, older books, and comics/graphic novels.

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            My biggest issue with libraries is the limited selection, how much time it takes and the how inconvenient it is to find new books.

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          The most prolific readers I know use the library almost exclusively. Real book a week people don’t buy the books they read! They’d be broke!

          A book a week? What am I going to do with the rest of my time?

          185 books so far this year, no library card. e-books are a lot cheaper than physical books.

          For me the biggest problem with libraries is the limited selection of books. As a kid, before e-readers were a thing, I was a member of 3 different libraries just to get access to enough new reading material. E-books are a blessing for those who like to read a lot.

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      I love reading but just can’t, attention deficit is hard, and when I do have interest on a book/long text, I end up falling asleep two pages in, max three. I hate it ! I WANT to read this book bit keep falling asleep.

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        Have you tried audio books? And then combining that with a different activity, like driving? Or it makes chores way better! Like I can only listen to this while doing dishes and now dishes don’t suck so much

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      They might also just have bad eyesight or a job that causes a lot of eye-strain so they might prefer podcasts or audio-books.