I do surveys for money and so I use Google Play gift cards to buy ebooks and they don't cost me actual income. Win win.
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Purely a space issue for me these days, but the more I use my Kindle, the more I like it. Being able to just highlight a word and get the definition has been a real game changer. Although, it's only because of e-ink displays that I even considered it in the first place. Definitely would not be reading books on a regular tablet/display.
Almost always digital on my tablet or phone these days (I have a Kindle too but just can't get used to the display), but I'll buy physical copies to keep and/or give away if I really like them.
I aquire thrm digitally... In the high seas.
Audiobooks mainly. I fix machines or create my own diy projects with my hands so I can continue it's much easier to consume.
If the series I'm listening to is really good, I end up subscribing to their patreon and reading chapters as soon as they release them.
Physical, though I usually get them from the library. When I do buy them, it's physical too, so I can lend them out, or give them away.
Maybe a third of the books I read are gifts or loaners from friends.
Physical, i like reading it more than stareing at a screen
I tend to buy ebooks nowadays just because it's convenient. I find ereader experience nowadays is pretty much the same as reading a regular book.
I purchase mostly digital books because I use to read at night next to my sleeping partner and e-reader is the easiest way for me. Also O don't have a very big house to store all. Now from a piracy vs purchase point of view: I actually buy ebooks as a mark of support to authors I like very much. Now I must confess that for some very popular authors, I trend to think that one book pirated or one book bought won't change a lot for them. So I buy mostly less known or indie authors at the end.
Physical. But only after I've pirated it digitally if I enjoyed it enough
Yes. I like to read.
audio.
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eMule, for my partner's e-reader
No.