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Do you read books on your phone?
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YappyMonotheist lemmy.world ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-26
#102 · (edited) Quote Reply

I read the entire Dune series on my phone, laying on my belly, and it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. I did it with an app called eBoox, which reads different formats, making it very practical.

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RebekahWSD lemmy.world RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-10-19
#103 · Quote Reply

I read them in the browser from the Gutenberg Project.

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SparroHawc lemmy.zip SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-04
#104 · Quote Reply

Yes. I use Kindle or Moon Reader +, depending on whether or not I can easily get it outside Amazon's ecosystem. Actual ebook readers are vastly superior to using a browser or PDF.

Mostly I use my phone because it's always right there. I'll spend my lunch break getting another handful of pages through my current book while eating.

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rushmonke ttrpg.network rushmonke@ttrpg.network
Joined: 2026-02-16
#105 · Quote Reply

Yep.

I use a PDF reader and turn the phone sideways.

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Wolf314159 startrek.website Wolf314159@startrek.website
Joined: 2024-07-03
#106 · Quote Reply

I prefer to read by reflected light, not emitted light. I used to prefer real books (and I do still throughly enjoy them), but I've grown used to the creature comforts like waterproofness, annotations, highlighting, searching, and sheer data density of an ebook reader packed with more books than I could read in a few years. Granted I also highlighted and annotated any books I owned with reckless abandon, but the data hoarder in me loves the other aspects even more. Regarding data density, there is nothing worse than carting along a massive book while traveling only to finish it before you even arrive. If it was a book I didn't mind leaving behind that might be okay, but now I've got to find a new book for the trip home too. I've tried to use my phone to read, but it's uncomfortable given the small size and intense light. Also, reading in full sun on your phone will absolutely cook the internals and drain you battery, not great for something I might rely on for emergencies. So for me I read: new (usually physical) books from Indy authors or graphic heavy books (like baudy poetry from the renn-fest, comic books/graphic novels), previously loved books from thrift stores and used book shops (I absolutely love finding books in which people have left notes in the cover and margins), ebooks read on a cheap e-reader of popular stuff from disreputable sources, and listening to audiobooks from downright shady sources or podcasts on my phone.

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vogi piefed.social vogi@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-07
#107 · Quote Reply

I really do not like brightness of the screen. Last year I found out how cool paperbacks are (the smaller ones) as I can put them in my pockets. Been reading more in 2025 than i did in the last decade i feel like.

I like the feeling of actually holding knowledge in your bare hands (given you can read and understand the language). Its so cool!

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dansekoen feddit.dk dansekoen@feddit.dk
Joined: 2026-02-18
#108 · Quote Reply

Ha ha, that reminds me of some of the performative reading I did as a teen - ostentatiously reading a "cool" or difficult book to impress people. The joke was on me when I started reading War and Peace. I got swept away by it, loved it, and was condemned to carrying around this massive paperback until I'd finished it.

I really should read it again.... 😅

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yessikg fedia.io yessikg@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-06-22
#109 · Quote Reply

I use the Jellyfin app, I get books from Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ and https://www.smashwords.com/

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