So long and thanks for all the fish (Books)
Though I had said I'd never buy a dead-tree version of a book again, when I was reminded that ms_manna's The Administration books had new original stories in them, I made an exception.
While I do so totally love the new stories, reading them in a physical book was just such a... lesser experience than I'm now used to. Simple things like being able to glance at the top of the page to check the time. Less simple things like being able to tap on a word to see what it means (I hadn't realized how often I do that, to confirm a word that I've learned through context alone.) And basic things, like text in an e-reader being so so so much easier on the eyes. The books were all large paperbacks, and I never like to break the spine on books, so I couldn't open the page fully straight. All these things I just never noticed when I only read physical books!
I mistakenly assumed all seven books had a new story in them, so I bought them all. While I'm more than happy to support a writer I like, I now have seven new books on my bookshelf. I no longer see my physical books with joy, they now just look like boxes of weight that will have to be hauled along when I move to a new apartment.
One day all books will become available as ebooks, and when that day comes, I will happily donate the last of my physical ones to the library.
I know some (most?) people still like physical books better, but if everything I want to read for the rest of my life comes out in electronic form, I'll happily never buy a physical book again.
While I do so totally love the new stories, reading them in a physical book was just such a... lesser experience than I'm now used to. Simple things like being able to glance at the top of the page to check the time. Less simple things like being able to tap on a word to see what it means (I hadn't realized how often I do that, to confirm a word that I've learned through context alone.) And basic things, like text in an e-reader being so so so much easier on the eyes. The books were all large paperbacks, and I never like to break the spine on books, so I couldn't open the page fully straight. All these things I just never noticed when I only read physical books!
I mistakenly assumed all seven books had a new story in them, so I bought them all. While I'm more than happy to support a writer I like, I now have seven new books on my bookshelf. I no longer see my physical books with joy, they now just look like boxes of weight that will have to be hauled along when I move to a new apartment.
One day all books will become available as ebooks, and when that day comes, I will happily donate the last of my physical ones to the library.
I know some (most?) people still like physical books better, but if everything I want to read for the rest of my life comes out in electronic form, I'll happily never buy a physical book again.