Both. Usually have one of each going at the same time. Physical at home (literature), audible on the go (contemporary or shorter things, advisement/self-help books, etc)

Physical or ebook. I can't get into audio books. It just doesn't feel right.

I typically do physical for fiction and non-fiction I'll do audio. I also find I can digest most classics (most recently Camille by Sheridan Le Fanu) better in audio format.

I think a lot of us would still love to have the physical book as our main focus, I have the reverse with a book, I lose focus to quickly but can remain in the book on an audible

My default is physical or An ebook. I love audiobooks but I'm super picky about narrators. Plus I find that I have to also seat still to concentrate on an audiobook or crunch numbers while listening

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So true, that our lives have shifted us towards the audible versions, which I am so grateful. But nothing beats that book smell 🤣🤣

Awesome! Have added this one onto my audible list

Minneapolis-St. Paul is a great spot for independent bookshops. Magers & Quinn in Minneapolis, and Next Chapter in St. Paul, are the biggest in each city, I think, but there are also specialty bookstores, like Once Upon a Crime, which only stocks crime fiction, and Birchbark Books, owned by Louise Erdrich, which sells a tightly-curated selection of books by Native authors and crafts by Native artists.

My kindle has been getting dusty in my closet for years since the day I discovered the kindle app lol

It’s just sooo convenient I always have my phone charged and on me everywhere I go I can read in any light or environment. It’s amazing and I’ll never go back

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I like physical books as well, as I like to actively be aware of the prose and the art of it. I feel I don’t appreciate the prose as much if it’s an Audio book. That being said, I don’t mind audible for some non fiction- such a pop history or pop science books- as I view it in a similar manner to a podcast.

I'm reminded of the following Hemingway anecdote:

JOHN HALL WHEELOCK: "At a meeting in his office, Mr. Scribner said that he did not care to have his imprint on the book [The Sun Also Rises]. There was a long silence. Max Perkins could be very silent and not feel that he had to talk, not even to relieve embarrassment. Max was standing. Mr Scribner, who was seated at his desk, looked up at him and said: `Max, you haven't said anything. I'm turning the book down. Haven't you got something you'd like to say?' Max finally said, `Yes, I'd like to say this: That if we are going to turn down such a talent we might as well go out off the publishing business. We cannot got on publishing Richard Harding Davis, Thomas Nelson Page, George Cable, Henry Van Dyke, and other worthies. If we're going to be publishers, we have to move along with the talents of the time even though they might offend...well, even though they might offend our kind of taste.' Finally Mr. Scribner asked Max: `Will Hemingway change some of the four-letter words? Take them out?' Max said, `Yes, he will take some of them out, I'm quite sure.' `Which words will he take out?' said Mr. Scribner. Whereupon Max hastened to his office, got a piece of paper, came back and wrote down the words. Mr. Scribner looked at him (he had a very mischievous sense of humor) and he said: `Max—if Ernest knew that you couldn't say those words, that you had to write them down, he'd disown you!'" — From George Plimpton's The Writer's Chapbook

Did the author approve of these changes? Was this revision made to better reflect the authors intentions or was it made to censor words and phrases that the publisher things will make people on twitter angry and thus reduce sales?

Its actually frightening that you teach literature and youre ok with an artist work being changed without their permission/consent and that your justifying altering said work for profit motive.

I teach literature to college students that was published 100s of years ago, so I'm very familiar with the fact that norms constantly change and that reading literature that reflects different worldviews and different mentalities is enriching and intellectually challenging. I'm also aware of the fact that texts go through multiple editions for different reasons and we need access to all of those editions in order to understand them fully from a scholarly perspective. The changes that are being made to these Dahl editions are being made with the permission of the copyright holder, so that's their decision - it's not been made by a committee of the politically correct. It's therefore more accurately described as revision, rather than censorship. It may well be of interest to future researchers on children's literature, but I don't understand why it's been seen as indicative of the downfall of civilization.

As well as everything from the Public Domain. I’m essentially reading for free because the 19th century is my jam.

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Because it robs them of the opportunity to see how norms have changed, and explanation of why it changed and why that language is unacceptable today. Which in my opinion builds a far better and informed citizen than those who simply do because they are told its wrong with no deeper understanding of why its wrong. Might even get so bad people start justifying book censorship...

I can't see myself why reading books that make fun of fat people or bald people is vital to the psychological formation of the young. There are much more important things to concern ourselves with, both in terms of "censorship" (how about the banning of books in schools that include LGBTQ characters and themes, for example?) and in terms of making the world a less awful place for future generations.

It’s absurd and dialed up to eleven, but after a lifetime of watching politicians and celebrities go through scandals that the public forgets about quite quickly, and having to explain VERY RECENT history to people at election time every two years, it’s not as absurd as I would like, and I think it’s actually a pretty great perspective.

I prefer physical books even when studying. I do not like reading pdfs or powerpoint slides on any devices especially if they are too long to read.

Used to read on the Kindle paperwhite. Then I started using an ipad, and have been reading quite a bit on it too. I still prefer the “real” kindle, though, it is lighter, an you can actually sit outdoor during summer and read on it without straining the eyes.

I call Project Hail Mary my emotional support book. I’ve listened to it several times. I don’t know why, but it soothes me.