Save the Bookstores

thebookgiraffe:

“I melt and look her in her old but lovely eyes.”

“I felt a kind of vertigo, as if I were merely plunging from one world to another, and in each, I arrived shortly after the end of the world had taken place.”

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calibanleandros:

So much bitching. Constantly.

Honestly, why  does it matter the format that you read a book in? The book itself is what’s important. I have a Kindle. I LOVE my Kindle. Regardless, I buy just as many ebooks as I do physical books. There is a specific market for each type of book.

For example, I really enjoy urban fantasy fiction, and I like to have the actual books. I like to feel the paper between my fingers and crease the pages and toss the book around when something awesome or horrible happens in the plot and I freak out.

And my Kindle is usually the format I use for  the romance novels I like to read. I buy those types and novellas for my Kindle. It’s ultimately easier to take the Kindle with me on the go, and brows the online store in a way that is more convenient than going to the actual store.

Plus, hello, there is a SHITLOAD of gay smut novels for the Kindle that I can’t get in paperback without having to trade my first born in for because of the price.

Really it comes down to a personal preference, and seeing as it is personal, everyone has the right to have that preference. So stop bitching. Let people have their Kindles and don’t take away from the experience. I get just as much out of my Kindle books as I do out of any physical book I own. And I can hold thousands of books on my Kindle. I don’t have room for that many physical books in my home. Therefore, your point is invalid. 

A good argument.

(Really, whenever I get into this debate, as long as you say “I buy just as many physical books as e-books”, I’m a-okay.)

Your thoughts?

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