does this ever happen to you...
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I collect books..specifically from.Crowley and others who share our fellowship. I have alot of pdfs and am always reading something. But i certianly don't know what the block was, i just couldnt get into Magick without tears on my flat screen, i just couldn't connect. I read bits and pieces of it. But i purchased it in hard back today. Published in 1973 and and the book feels great i can feel that warmth and am able to pick at it and eat. It gives me the warm and fuzzies all over as i span accross these pages. I also believe the age of the book also is a factor in that..
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Yes, I too, love the look, feel, and 'smell' of an old volume
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I agree: There's nothing like a physical book. In fact, even in my position, I have almost nothing at all (among Crowley's work etc.) in PDF form. I want to go to a shelf and physically pull off a book, open it, read it. (That's aside from not really trusting someone else's PDF form of these things. I want the original book.)
There is a sensuality to a book... a linkage to the way information has been conveyed for centuries... all sorts of psychological advantages for me. Bottom line, though, is that I just like, value, honor, and adore books. Books are God.
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All ways better to read the book!
Unfortunately, being a poor boy I am often reliant on PDFs
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Some books are like that for me, for sure. But 95% are fine on my Nook. I could care less what form I'm reading Game of Thrones in
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Hi! My name is "Jane Doe" and I am a recovering bibliophile. It's been about an hour since I last turned a page, and just yesterday I saw an Incredible deal on a book for a penny so I just couldn't say no. Last week, to try and help me with my addiction to books in print, wheat paste, leather, gold and limited editions, I boxed up over five hundred books and put them in the attic. I collect mostly pre 1900s esoteric subjects, childrens fairy tales, poetry, and classics.
Sometimes when I want a quick fix, I pop on over to this site...
bookshelfporn.comI have tried reading some things on PDF, but it's not the same...I feel kinda icky when I'm done, it's not like i have a title to dust off later and remember all those sweet moments...it's just so impersonal and cold....
I do love scribd.com and have a few favorite posters there who share some very hard to find titles. When I am geeking for a title I will gladly take it any way I can get it, I couldn't care less how I got my hands on the second book of Game of Thrones!
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I've rolled my eyes at "printed book fetishism" for a while, but have recently accepted that there are big, meaningful differences between a bound book and text on a screen. The transient nature of words on the screen, vs the more permanent nature of words that exist on the page whether you are looking at then or not.
And, having spent 2.5 years if my life laboring in a bindery, the beauty of a quality bound book laughs in the face of a data file.
In a similar vein, I've come to a renewed appreciation of the value of writing with a pen vs typing on a computer.
Simply put, sometimes the less convenient choice does something to you that outweighs the convenience of the other option.
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@Avshalom Binyamin said
"In a similar vein, I've come to a renewed appreciation of the value of writing with a pen vs typing on a computer. "
I both hate love the hand and the pen