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It kinda pisses me off when people get all elitist about preferring paper books to e-books.

hallwaycera:

Seriously, though.  A book’s a book.  Some people prefer to have easy access to multiple books through a Kindle or Nook or what have you.  Plus the average e-book is cheaper than its paper counterpart.  That’s cool, technology’s awesome.  If you prefer actual bound paper books, that’s cool too.  It does not make you any better than anyone else, though.  You aren’t some purist or loyalist to the paper book gods, you just look like an asshole.

(via sozzney)

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  1. rachelraygun reblogged this from sozzney and added:
    Sometimes books fall apart. Sometimes you accidentally rip a page. Some people like to read a ton of books, but don’t...
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  4. ortthyul reblogged this from wearemagneton and added:
    I have a Kindle, but I also read paper books. Honestly, I’m just happy people are still reading PERIOD. Reading is...
  5. wearemagneton reblogged this from i-sauntered-vaguely-downwards and added:
    I love paper books, but my Kindle has been AMAZING. I can actually READ THE DAMN PRINT without straining anything. I DO...
  6. i-sauntered-vaguely-downwards reblogged this from bittergrapes and added:
    Well you could do the not actually legal thing and torrent e-books. Essentially it’s easier to steal digital books than...
  7. unicornspawn reblogged this from purplegoesbothways and added:
    Also, as “Holier-than-thou” as may one want to be about paper-and-glue books, and as lovely as they are to hold and...
  8. purplegoesbothways reblogged this from goldenheartedrose and added:
    I have trouble reading paper books sometimes. I can’t follow it a lot of the time. You still get the same experience of...
  9. minionier reblogged this from bittergrapes and added:
    That’s totally true, actually. Though, a specific machine isn’t actually necessary for e-books. Just for an example,...
  10. goldenheartedrose reblogged this from bittergrapes and added:
    I’m not mistaken, even regular computers, regardless how old, can download the nook
  11. bittergrapes reblogged this from minionier and added:
    I sort of have to disagree about the classist thing, because a lot of people can’t afford the large upfront cost of an...
  12. findalaska reblogged this from minionier and added:
    In my heart I know I should probs switch over to ebooks to save the environment and such but I just can’t do it guys I...
  13. minionier reblogged this from timescrewseverybody and added:
    Shows you’re a classist and ableist one too, or at least that you’ve never paused to consider whether everyone else is...
  14. clichebullshit reblogged this from hallwaycera and added:
    I guess I don’t really...difficult time understanding why others don’t feel the same, but...
  15. hallwaycera reblogged this from clichebullshit and added:
    I’m not saying you go around tearing people’s nooks out of their hands. Nobody does that. I’m saying that it’s fine to...
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  17. clichebullshit reblogged this from hallwaycera and added:
    impression that I openly mock other people for using an e-reader. I don’t (besides maybe that one time I reblogged...
  18. halfhalfling reblogged this from romulanwhore and added:
    Paper books smell nice and look good on a shelf,...I don’t have room for them anymore and...
  19. hallwaycera reblogged this from clichebullshit and added:
    I understand what you’re saying here, but, with all due respect, that’s bullshit. Someone having a Nook or Kindle isn’t...
  20. electricbloom reblogged this from michelle-my-belle and added:
    If I had the money, I’d get a Kindle or Nook, but I still enjoy getting books for free at the library. Well, not...
  21. clichebullshit reblogged this from michelle-my-belle and added:
    Then I guess I’m an asshole. Look, I’m mostly for technology. Hell, my preference when it comes to writing is a tiny...
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  28. jezibaba reblogged this from jackie-burkhart and added:
    i am so sick of the ableist and elitist attitude of so called book lovers who “pledge to read the printed word” or hate...
  29. goddamnright reblogged this from romulanwhore and added:
    i honestly don’t understand people who think it’s somehow less authentic if it’s read from a screen than from a page....