• Asetru@feddit.org
    29·
    9 days ago

    Buying warhammer miniatures, painting warhammer miniatures and playing warhammer are 3 separate hobbies.

  • seaQueue@lemmy.world
    272·
    9 days ago

    One of these decades folks will realize that a good e-reader is as game changing as the iPod was.

      • seaQueue@lemmy.world
        102·
        9 days ago

        I mean, no one’s telling you that you can’t or that you shouldn’t. I just like having two decades of reading material on tap at any time without needing to lug a library around.

      • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
        61·
        9 days ago

        I got round that problem by buying a folding leather cover for my Kobo

        It’s an absolute game changer for holidays etc

    • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 days ago

      I’m on my seventh e-ink kindle. I still prefer paper for reference books, but e-ink for everything else.

      • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        9 days ago

        How did you go through six? I still rock my first and almost a decade old kindle

        • Machinist@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          9 days ago

          Working in machine shops; I often had cycle time to read. Drops killed most of them. I had a few mysteriously die. When I would open them up, there was board and frame corrosion. Metal working fluids and fine metal chips are hell on electronics.

          Dropped a few in the bathtub. Current kindle has been dropped in the bath, but survived. It may die due to corrosion. Battery is getting weak anyhow.

          For years, I didn’t use a cover. I now have one of the official Amazon covers and have gotten better longevity on my former and current kindles. My case has a crack in it due to a drop.

          I consider them a consumable, they’re cheap compared to the knowledge and pleasure they give me.

        • seaQueue@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 days ago

          When you use them heavily some of the incremental improvements are nice to have. I swapped my mid 2010s Nook for an ~8in Boox 3y ago or so and it was a huge upgrade.

          • fossphi@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            9 days ago

            True that. I’m also looking to upgrade to something with a nicer display. I’ve got my eyes on Kobo, since they also seem rather hackable

              • derfunkatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                8 days ago

                Frazetta art on a book is almost false advertising at this point. But, hear me out, Frazetta-style buff Jesus with a Valkyrie Mary Magdalene riding the seven-headed beast of the apocalypse…. Slap that cover on the Bible and we’ll be making money in no time!

    • simple@lemm.ee
      5·
      9 days ago

      If there was an easy way to easily let friends borrow your books, I’d agree. The whole benefit of physical books (aside from convenience) is full ownership of it. I can always sell it or buy cheap used ones.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        If you’re up to it, there are some high Calibre solutions out there that can liberate the books you own to be able to lend them to friends.

    • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
      5·
      9 days ago

      This is the invention I’ve been dreaming of.

      It looks like a blank book. Pages look, feel, and smell like regular paper. I download a new book and text appears on the pages. I read it like a regular book, and when I’m done I can erase the text and start over.

      I know it’s a luxury item for a limited market, but that’s what I want.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 days ago

      If you angrily throw your eReader across the room when the book’s ending sucks and pisses you off, it’s a lot more expensive than that time I did it to Michael Crichton’s Sphere.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      2·
      8 days ago

      I probably read about as much on my phone as I do on paper. I would never read a book on my phone. I hate that experience compared to reading a physical book when it comes to such media. I would have to think about it a lot more to explain it coherently, but it’s ok for wikipedia and not ok for books.

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
    6·
    9 days ago

    Do folks even library anymore?

    I always have at least one library book on the go. It’s literally free.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
    4·
    8 days ago

    I describe my book purchasing as “aspirational.” I learn about way too many (potentially) interesting books / authors / topics compared to my time to read. If I complete one third of the books in my library before death, I will be satisfied.