The touch of paper is still the best~
Yes. Sometimes the smell of a new book. Smell of new things often nice. But books are the exception even when they no longer are new (except for the dust).
I agree that physical books hurt my eyes less.
I can see that. Sometimes looking at the computer all day makes my eyes kinda feel weird. Or slightly bit dizzy like your brain did a somersault flip in your head.
After working in a library for 5+ years I stopped buying physical books, because honestly, the 'spell' has been broken. Physical books have this odd sort of religious, sacred-novelty to them in the eyes of the general public, to the point that we couldn't even throw away books during the day. I mean books that had been literally shredded to the point of being unreadable or drowned in cola and that had to be removed, because people would get loudly upset at us when they saw them in the dumpster lol.
Besides, e-books are cheaper.
Ah I remember used to volunteer and something similar. It was sad some books had to go. But can see why bc some books duplicates, some no longer viewed as much, and stuff. Plus library always new books added. Then how much space? I don't feel bad for autiobio, politicians, modern how to's - basically non-fiction, but my heart tugs when I see some fiction books. Some books got to keep though :D
Ai-chan used to keep a library of all the books Ai-chan owned since 6 years old. When Ai-chan was 28, there was a termite infestation and most of the books were rendered unreadable. Ai-chan cried that time. Most of those books were already out of print when Ai-chan was a teen.
Sorry to hear that. That really sucks.
I love physical books! (disregard textbooks; they are an abomination to the world. jk. still hate them :P )
I have a bunch of books, a lot from when I was a teen and read more when I was younger. Some are my favorite series so I got them. Some of these were what actually got me interested in reading. I can remember buying my first book at library scholastic fair. It felt so excited something got. And loved reading that story.
One of my goals is when I can is to have a collection of all those YA books. They have so many pretty covers, and I'm pretty sure I missed out on a lot of them bc I was in college and didn't had as much time to read, so I want to collect them all for in the future because they make nice decorations than knicknacks that are creepy at night, and because I can always crack one open when I have some free time in future.
XD On instag and fb you can also still find people buying and showing off their physical books ah. So its not disappearing anytime soon.