Buy old books.
Digital copies can be deleted by corporations or “updated” to comply with ideologies.
Look for old, classic texts and buy them in bulk.
Give your children a precious gift: a real library.
10 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 15 Mar
Hell yes. Also, classics are often more affordable.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 16 Mar
Paper books are great, true.
In addition, you get get a ton of old classic books in digital format on resources such as https://annas-archive.org/. Nobody can "update" what you download, it's not in the cloud anymore.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @mateusdeap 16 Mar
I find ebooks good for technical stuff. But there is absolutely nothing as good as sitting down and opening a good book. If it’s older than you and bought at used book store, even better.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @abcxyz 15 Mar
You got any book recommendations by any chance?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @OneOneSeven 15 Mar
Just picked this bad boi up at a weird shop. Never heard of it before:
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @abcxyz 15 Mar
Let me know how it is once you've read it.
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