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Then I have a physical book to deal with.
by wffurr 1y ago
Then I have a physical book to deal with.
- supportengineer 1y agoThe horror!
- Hackbraten 1y agoMany people live in small apartments. The footprint of a single physical book may be negligible but five hundred books can become a logistical nightmare.
- mikkupikku 1y agoJust leave it laying around somewhere. It makes you look erudite.
- wffurr 1y agoOr like I have a hoarding problem. In the old days, we used to cart boxes of books down to the used book store in exchange for credit, and then load back up with more reading to bring home.
- mikkupikku 1y agoI mostly meant that suggestion as a joke, but to be real I can't imagine reading so many books that you run out of room for enough bookshelves. I have several boxes of books and it's a huge pain when moving to a new apartment, but otherwise I just get more shelves when I need more. I don't think having a lot of full bookshelves would ever be perceived by others as a hoarder scenario if the apartment is kept clean and neat. But I do think that being seen to own many books will generally give people a better impression of you, so I was sort of serious with that joke.
- wffurr 1y ago>> to be real I can't imagine reading so many books that you run out of room for enough bookshelves I don't have anywhere close to enough bookshelf space for the number of books I've read over the years. I moved my book boxes many times before I gave up on most of them. Now I don't even have space to put them all out. 88 square meters for a family of four with toys etc. doesn't go very far.
- marcosdumay 1y agoDonate it to a library so other people can know about it.
- Seattle3503 1y agoGiving the physical book away kinda defeats the spirit of buy + pirate.
- marcosdumay 1y agoYou are still buying a copy, that I imagine is the practical effect you want. You don't keep proof, though, and probably isn't allowed to keep a backup after you give the book away. But most countries laws don't care about any of this (and it's not a backup).
- Seattle3503 1y agoIf you pirate then re-sell the book to a friend and they do the same, only one copy ever gets bought but everyone gets access forever. Whereas of everyone buys new, keeps the book, and pirates, the author isn't going to see much negative impact. Hanging on to the "proof" is important. Otherwise all you really prove is that you paid money to touch a physical copy.
- toomuchtodo 1y agohttps://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donation-to-the-internet-archive/ https://help.archive.org/help/how-do-i-make-a-physical-donat... https://apps.apple.com/app/id1668658774 https://apps.apple.com/app/id1668658774 can be used to verify if they require a physical copy. (usps bound printed matter is usually least expensive when shipping books)
- array_key_first 1y agoYou might just give it to the public library. Or, you might find the author online and see if they have some sort of donation mechanism set up. It's very common these days for a lot of professionals, but some authors are old school.