Yeah, not to mention the actual advantages that come with the format, such as search, highlighting, multiple bookmarks, nets, etc. Yes, you can do most of these with a physical, but not without marking up your original copy or having extra materials on hand. Just way more convenient overall.
Comment on Amazon is making it impossible to remove the DRM from Kindle Books
krashmo@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoAre you suggesting that most people would rather scan 400+ pages of a physical book than deal with ebook DRM? Because that sounds like the worst, most tedious option to me. I’m confident most would never consider scanning a viable option.
otacon239@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
That’s even assuming the book you want is available and wasn’t a super limited printing that you couldn’t even begin to afford in the first place.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
There’s specialized hardware out there since the 80s(?) That does this sort of thing for you. All it takes is one person and now the book is “out”. I worked with one for historical texts. Worked really well. It was so cool to see it in action.
A lot of younger people are into physical media. Its cool to see.