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?
Big fan of ‘personal collections’ over here. No disrespect meant to ppl who love their public libraries or school libraries (I do too)! But I have a few articles from scholars comparing differences between public resources (national musuems, public libraries, even subscription models like Netflix etc.)vs private collections and I prefer owning. Just my preference.