1 hour ago · Writing · 0 comments

I’ve become more and more disenchanted with ebooks these days. I know, I’ve posted about this before. But bear with me because my brain has been buzzing about it lately. On the one hand, I like having a book with me wherever I go. On the other hand, I hate that I don’t actually own those books. And yeah, I know I could go through the effort of getting Calibre and removing the DRM and getting a Kobo and blah. It’s just too much effort for the 20-30 books that I already have physical copies of. So I decided that I’m done buying/reading ebooks for now. If I want to read a book, I either get it from the library, borrow it from a friend, or buy the physical book. There’s no question of ownership when I hand over cash for my book. No worry of my books disappearing, or getting covertly edited or revised without my knowing. No fear of not being able to resell my book and get a little money for it when I decide I’m done with it. I feel so much more at ease with my collection knowing that I’m…

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