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Books. There isn't any real substitute for books portability, smell, touch, ease of use.
Other than that I'm digital all the way.
I partially agree.
Reference books, with high-resolution images and diagrams, or subjects that invite constant page flipping, are great as physical objects. Most other books I prefer to have digitally. I do not need to have an object full of short stories or history lessons taking up space in my home.
I do like the feel of books and the look of a bookcase... But not as much as I like having that space for other things.
Everyone finds their own path in this, there are no wrong answers.
It's funny I have kind of the opposite opinion. I like to keep reference books digitally because I care so little about them and tend to look at them so infrequently. But my hitchhiker's guide series? My one volume collection of annotated Sherlock Holmes? Zoids Chaotic Century? Harry Potter, Redwall, and all the other books I raised children on? Conan by L. Sprague DeCamp? The list goes on and on.
But yes, to each their own.
Couldn't agree more. Nothing replaces the feel of holding a book.
I don't really read many books, but my gf does
And I often print her a book, like making a hard copy of it, at least a fake hard copy