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I wonder why is it so that as far as books are concerned, pretty much no-one asks whether it's the twilight of all paper books because we can have those in digital format, with all the advantages e-books actually offer, yet with music everybody keeps saying CDs are dead etc. etc.
 
SixesAlltheway said:
I've thrown away a lot of my old CD's...I keep the good ones in boxes. I hate to display CD's, they don't look good either....Vinyls on the other hand :p
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I did the opposite many years ago by getting rid of most of my vinyl after replacing them with CDs. I still have a box load of cassettes, though, and started to collect special vinyl albums and stuff.
 
I absolutely buy CDs. Electronic stuff has the habit of corrupting or suddenly deciding you've downloaded or transferred it to another device too many times. I've lost quite a bit of music I've bought online.

And I have heard the argument applied to books, too. The thing with books, though, reading on tablets etc isn't as comfortable as holding a book, and those who enjoy the experience of reading often like the whole physical book experience too.
 
The physical CD experience is fun as well with your booklets and whatnot. I usually download bands' discographies illegally and then buy their best physical albums afterwards. That way, you can be sure to be able to blast them in cars as well.
 
I still buy CDs, though I've cut down quite a bit to just buying my favorite bands. I don't really buy CDs as a way of discovering new music anymore. Spotify does that for me now.
 
Brigantium said:
And I have heard the argument applied to books, too. The thing with books, though, reading on tablets etc isn't as comfortable as holding a book, and those who enjoy the experience of reading often like the whole physical book experience too.
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Definitely agree on the book part.
 
Like Mosh, I don't really discover music via CDs (who has the time & money for that shit?); still buy them for favourites though, like Maiden & Buckethead (if I can get hold of them). Books? Well, I collect books; so have fucking thousands of them. You can pick up books that are hundreds of years old for buttons. Vinyl, tape, CDs, MP3; these are proving to be ephemeral formats. Print will outlast them all.
 
Brigantium said:
The thing with books, though, reading on tablets etc isn't as comfortable as holding a book
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Did you try reading from a tablet? I think it's way more comfortable. Tablet is lighter than a book, takes up less space and you can use it with one hand. It's much easier to carry a tablet when you go on a trip than carrying multiple books. You can also read it in the dark if you get the one with the backlight.

I do still get paperbacks, but usually only books I already read on the tablet. Most of the books I read aren't sold here though, but I try to buy my favorites if they are. Mostly so that I have something to read in case of a great power outage / apocalypse :P
 
CriedWhenBrucieLeft said:
Like Mosh, I don't really discover music via CDs (who has the time & money for that shit?); still buy them for favourites though, like Maiden & Buckethead (if I can get hold of them). Books? Well, I collect books; so have fucking thousands of them. You can pick up books that are hundreds of years old for buttons. Vinyl, tape, CDs, MP3; these are proving to be ephemeral formats. Print will outlast them all.
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How many buckethead cds do you have?

Night Prowler said:
Did you try reading from a tablet? I think it's way more comfortable. Tablet is lighter than a book, takes up less space and you can use it with one hand. It's much easier to carry a tablet when you go on a trip than carrying multiple books. You can also read it in the dark if you get the one with the backlight.

I do still get paperbacks, but usually only books I already read on the tablet. Most of the books I read aren't sold here though, but I try to buy my favorites if they are. Mostly so that I have something to read in case of a great power outage / apocalypse :p
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Glad I'm not the only one in this camp. Print is great but tablets have been a revelation for me. The tablet is comfortable, it allows me to travel with more books than before, and I can read in the dark without having to deal with a flashlight.
 
Night Prowler said:
Did you try reading from a tablet? I think it's way more comfortable. Tablet is lighter than a book, takes up less space and you can use it with one hand. It's much easier to carry a tablet when you go on a trip than carrying multiple books. You can also read it in the dark if you get the one with the backlight.

I do still get paperbacks, but usually only books I already read on the tablet. Most of the books I read aren't sold here though, but I try to buy my favorites if they are. Mostly so that I have something to read in case of a great power outage / apocalypse :p
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Yes. It slides out of your grip and crashes onto the floor at the slightest excuse, heats up, and has you chasing electrical sockets everywhere to recharge. I definitely can't hold a tablet in one hand.
 
Mosh said:
How many buckethead cds do you have?
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I've made 298 Buckethead "purchases" i.e. albums in all formats, inc. some that may be multiple CDs/discs per release. Of them, probably only about 70-80 are actual hard copies (CDs). I have most of his main pre-Pikes albums on CD & most side-project stuff on CD. I only have the first 10 Pikes on CD & a few others. The bulk of his Pikes releases I purchases digitally via bandcamp. They haven't had a regular CD release anyway. There's 234 of them.
Saapanael said:
First person in class has become pregnant. Wow.
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Congratulations on becoming a father! :ok:
 
@LooseCannon is the one who wants to be in Sherbrooke now and had a province called New Brunswick
@Forostar is the one who claims Rembrandt to be of his creed and whose anthem is about a guy of Duitse bloed
@Night Prowler is the one who has Prince Marko arrive too late in Kosovo and uses the word Reissverschluss
@CriedWhenBrucieLeft is the one who wants to let Italy boast and prefers Merkel's rule over May's
@Dr. Eddies Wingman is the one who has longboats he wants to dock at JadeWeser Port
@Perun is the one who feels a bit guilty about saying his hometown has the best sausage and likes ракия the best.

And I wouldn't want it any other way.
 
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