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SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world · 1 month ago

Ebooks? Or paper? What's your preference?

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Ebooks? Or paper? What's your preference?

SpontaneousCombustion@lemmy.world to Books@lemmy.world · 1 month ago
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  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    Paper.

    Ebooks don’t have the right smell.

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      I fully switched to my ereader the last time I moved. I need a book smell candle.

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        I’m told it’s the evaporating lignins in the paper that give it a distinct smell, and the smell is vanilla-adjacent.

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      I read my Kindle in the bath, and the case has picked up a musty smell It’s the worst

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        Might wanna take it off and check for mold.

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          I’ve taken it off. No mold, but I’ve scrubbed it with hand soap and left it in the sun to dry.

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