I am of the understanding that buying books online is hardly worth anything because you don’t actually own anything. Maybe you own the digital file? I’m not sure. I don’t trust the longevity of it, though.

I’m told a lot (mainly by my Dad) that its a good idea to print those out to keep them. However, I’m talking about books that are easily 200+ pages.

I don’t know if its worth the ink or money to print them out. At that point would it be better to just buy a book?

  • Most_Tadpole9501@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    What?

    Just buy the real copy wtf is this question lol I feel like your dad was fucking with you. It’s such a stupid idea I can’t imagine how anyone with any sort of logic would print out an enire ebook instead of just buying the book

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      1 year ago

      Hello, hi, it’s me 👋 I print out entire ebooks

      I also bind those prints in to bespoke hardcovers for my own personal shelf tho. I don’t just have binders of printed ebooks. Honestly, OPs dad sound old old. Thats the sorta thing my Grandfather would do. The piles of printed emails i had to go thru when he died. So many chain mails lol