<![CDATA[After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark]]>After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3580872b-b0d2-4c63-b9ce-7b0b1a74de84/after-years-of-acclimating-myself-to-ebooks-i-ve-been-trying-this-last-month-to-read-a-paper-book-for-once-but-i-am-having-great-difficulty-completing-it-due-to-the-problem-that-it-does-not-glow-in-the-darkRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 13:07:07 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 16:51:59 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 17:21:06 GMT]]>@AnneMacro @mcc hahah this is why I struggle with the Throne of Glass ones. They all sound the same and their written version is strange. Like Chaol, really?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/stephaniewalter/statuses/116562753418827582https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/stephaniewalter/statuses/116562753418827582Tue, 12 May 2026 17:21:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 17:04:24 GMT]]>@mcc @stephaniewalter I do most of my reading on Google play books. I'm sure Google will eventually shove some AI in there but they haven't yet.

And when they do, there are other epub readers out there with dictionary support. Librera has it. I think koreader does too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/octorine/statuses/116562687695070332https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/octorine/statuses/116562687695070332Tue, 12 May 2026 17:04:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:57:33 GMT]]>@octorine @stephaniewalter this feature I do not like because Amazon is using it as a pretense to shoehorn in some sort of AI bullshit. On Kindle also probably results in a network call so there's a privacy implication

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116562660808126360https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116562660808126360Tue, 12 May 2026 16:57:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:52:41 GMT]]>@stephaniewalter @mcc Not to mention long press to look up or translate.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/octorine/statuses/116562641640791045https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/octorine/statuses/116562641640791045Tue, 12 May 2026 16:52:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:49:17 GMT]]>@mcc

Paper books have some advantages:
* they don't need recharging
* they work when the electricity supply fails (see parent toot)
* they don't suddenly vanish on the whim of Bezos or some other billionaire
* when you no longer need them you can donate them for a good cause

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116562628304363095https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116562628304363095Tue, 12 May 2026 16:49:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:43:14 GMT]]>@mcc

One possible solution šŸ™ƒ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116562604488777167https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hostux.social/users/TheLancashireman/statuses/116562604488777167Tue, 12 May 2026 16:43:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:21:32 GMT]]>@anne_twain @mcc as an American, I know that what you call a torch is a flashlight for us. But I'm laughing that the picture of you holding a flaming stick under the bedclothes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116562519177054710https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116562519177054710Tue, 12 May 2026 16:21:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:14:27 GMT]]>@mcc hope it's not a 700 page doorstop

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116562491331695273https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116562491331695273Tue, 12 May 2026 16:14:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 16:11:37 GMT]]>@stephaniewalter @mcc Itā€™s not just me! If I donā€™t know how to pronounce it, or even if itā€™s just not familiar, the name becomes ā€œstarts with J and is about 10 letters longā€ (plus some sort of shape element I canā€™t quite describe) and if thereā€™s more than one like that, Iā€™m sunk.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/AnneMacro/statuses/116562480200996678https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/AnneMacro/statuses/116562480200996678Tue, 12 May 2026 16:11:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:55:58 GMT]]>@mcc

At this stage of my life, I am also fond that every ebook can be a large print book

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/alienghic/statuses/116562418616683838https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/alienghic/statuses/116562418616683838Tue, 12 May 2026 15:55:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 15:51:49 GMT]]>@mcc haa same. I have the issue when a series is not finished and they take time between 2 books. My brain goes "who the hell are you again?!?". Especially fantaisy books. It doesn't help that I don't read the names. I don't know how to explain, but my brain recognizes the pattern, but I don't pronounce it in my head. So, unless I've read it in audio book (for which I also get the ebook just for the search), I actually don't know most character's names šŸ˜…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/stephaniewalter/statuses/116562402321806909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/stephaniewalter/statuses/116562402321806909Tue, 12 May 2026 15:51:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:37:26 GMT]]>@stephaniewalter books have so many named characters. I have trouble remembering people's names in real life. I rely on "ok tell me if this name mentioned came up before" to a guilty degree.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116562109841422160https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116562109841422160Tue, 12 May 2026 14:37:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Tue, 12 May 2026 07:52:20 GMT]]>@mcc haa I feel you, same here. Also I find myself expecting a search in regular books now, when I read something suspicious and need to go back to a specific part where there might have been foreshadowing to check if the theory in my brain still holds hehe.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/stephaniewalter/statuses/116560516919036781https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://front-end.social/users/stephaniewalter/statuses/116560516919036781Tue, 12 May 2026 07:52:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Thu, 07 May 2026 13:49:25 GMT]]>@mcc hey that's not entirely fair. ebooks *also* glow in the *light*.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tantusar/statuses/116533609483183712https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tantusar/statuses/116533609483183712Thu, 07 May 2026 13:49:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:31:14 GMT]]>@mcc Here in California there's some nice weather at the moment. Though we'll see how bad furnace-temperature heat spells and choking wildfire smoke are this season.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/ids1024/statuses/116529527183985921https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/ids1024/statuses/116529527183985921Wed, 06 May 2026 20:31:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:18:19 GMT]]>@mcc This. I feel this.

For me tho, I normally have a paperback that I get from a local Little Free Library AND a number of books on my phone/tablet/DataHaven (they sync).

I like to read before I go to bed, but I want everything shut down and all the lights off before I jump in bed ... so, device.

During the day at a cafe or on the bus or whatever I prefer paper. I can usually finish a paper novel in two or three days like this. Digital takes me longer because, well, sleepy time.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116529476374765102https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/elfin/statuses/116529476374765102Wed, 06 May 2026 20:18:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:13:28 GMT]]>@mcc
Sibling in suffering. I bought a bunch recently because support local bookshop, and I figure I should get back to books I own rather than licence.

It is hard. I've read more eBook words in the meanwhile though I've started more paper ones

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116529457329271460https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bsd.network/users/hypostase/statuses/116529457329271460Wed, 06 May 2026 20:13:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:08:30 GMT]]>@mcc I have a large print hardback of The Hobbit. Reading it is pure luxury

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Bredroll/statuses/116529437799130332https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/Bredroll/statuses/116529437799130332Wed, 06 May 2026 20:08:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:06:05 GMT]]>@mcc

I constantly tap the right side of the page anticipating that it'll turn.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HamonWry/statuses/116529428296111401https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/HamonWry/statuses/116529428296111401Wed, 06 May 2026 20:06:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:06:03 GMT]]>@mcc or when I press on a word and its definition or translation doesn't show up ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/colo_lee/statuses/116529428109730138https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/colo_lee/statuses/116529428109730138Wed, 06 May 2026 20:06:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:05:46 GMT]]>@mcc Am I to understand that the bedside lamp has become extinct?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116529427021979605https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/khleedril/statuses/116529427021979605Wed, 06 May 2026 20:05:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:04:37 GMT]]>@ids1024 *staring out at Toronto False Spring weather*

"Outside"ā€¦

Yeahā€¦

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116529422528852274https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mcc/statuses/116529422528852274Wed, 06 May 2026 20:04:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 20:03:41 GMT]]>@mcc Paper books can be better for reading outside under a tree on a sunny day though.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/ids1024/statuses/116529418800396084https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/ids1024/statuses/116529418800396084Wed, 06 May 2026 20:03:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to After years of acclimating myself to ebooks I've been trying this last month to read a paper book for once, but I am having great difficulty completing it due to the problem that it does not glow in the dark on Wed, 06 May 2026 19:24:14 GMT]]>]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://activitypub.taildad4ee.ts.net/stigatle/p/1778095454.554444https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://activitypub.taildad4ee.ts.net/stigatle/p/1778095454.554444Wed, 06 May 2026 19:24:14 GMT