Physical books vs Ebooks

I’m have an internal debate about books and I want your opinion on it, the situation is physical book vs ebook. For physical books I’m don’t have much space for them and I’m always moving and it a problem to keep moving them around, I do like to reread my book so I’ll like to keep them. But books are getting expensive and I live in rural Canada so I don’t have easy access to get books. I know there Amazon and Chapters but shipping is also going up and there no guaranteed to get the books. For ebook it solve my space problem, it cheaper, and I get my book right away. My issue is with owning the books and with the ever changing internet that is an important question to ask. I’m thinking of backing up my books to my laptop for a digital library and backup again to an external hard drive but my biggest fear is losing all my book in that digital library. You also need to have a device to access to the digital library so if something happens to my e-reader or laptop I’m out of luck till I get it replace. I am so conflicted on what I should do? If any of you guys are having the same issue as me, I would like to know how you are handling it.

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Mama_Agnus 8 hours

I thrift my books, A) because I love the smell of books and B) you dont “own” online books. reply

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tissue-kun 11 hours

i too travel alot & since im not much of a collector physical books are a no for me. get a kindle this black Friday & download all the books you want in epub format for free, then email the files to your amazon kindle email & youll have it available on your kindle to read. i've never had to buy ebooks once. you can read offline & the books are ...... reply

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CMYep 11 hours

Maybe try reading e-books and only buying the ones you really loved so you won't risk losing those? As for costs, your local library is your friend :)) A library card gets you access to both physical books and e-books, audiobooks, movies, museums, language learning classes, and more (depending on what your local library offers and the library netw...... reply

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lemon 8 hours

I personally own a boox. I am a working adult and the libraries over here are simply not open when I have the time, and also physical books are just heavy when you need to transport everyday What's nice about it is that it's kind of an open android and then I can also read web novels on a browser to my liking. Also Idk I wouldn't worry too much a...... reply

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Mioro 7 hours

Tbh the best option is backing up your digital books on a cloud and a external hard drive and maybe a backup pendrive to be safe. Tbh the logic of "what if I lose it or i dont have a device w me" can be apply to real books, you can't have them on you all the time and what if theres a fire? You could lose them too reply

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