A very worthy pursuit, particularly in light of reports that Amazon is buying up rare books, scanning them for AI and then shredding the originals.
A very worthy pursuit, particularly in light of reports that Amazon is buying up rare books, scanning them for AI and then shredding the originals.
Yep I read that to. Anthropic is doing it for their latest update as well. All after they were caught stealing copyrighted info - now they have moved on to physical books, which you probably read as well.
Indeed I do! When I was a child, my family was in the second-hand book business, so I've always been an avid reader. There's just something about the feel and smell of a physical book that no electronic reader can ever replace. I was given a Kindle some years ago, but I've never actually used it.
There is sort of a literary romanticism to a physical book. I agree.
I actually do like my e-reader as well though. Its good at night if you cant turn on a light (in bed or a hotel room...ect) or on vacation because its so compact you can bring as many books as you want. Physical books can get damaged on vacation being stuffed in a bag repeatedly or if they get even slightly wet (near ocean or on a beach of sun deck with a cold iced beverage with a sweating glass) lol