I don't know where I'm going to keep them all

Buying warhammer miniatures, painting warhammer miniatures and playing warhammer are 3 separate hobbies.
- And they all require way too much money :(

One of these decades folks will realize that a good e-reader is as game changing as the iPod was.
- WE.LIKE.TO.HOLD.BOOKS!!!
  
  I mean, no one's telling you that you can't or that you shouldn't. I just like having two decades of reading material on tap at any time without needing to lug a library around.
  
  I got round that problem by buying a folding leather cover for my Kobo
  It's an absolute game changer for holidays etc
  
  I for one especially enjoy accidentally ripping a page and the subsequent self-loathing
- If there was an easy way to easily let friends borrow your books, I'd agree. The whole benefit of physical books (aside from convenience) is full ownership of it. I can always sell it or buy cheap used ones.
  
  If you're up to it, there are some high Calibre solutions out there that can liberate the books you own to be able to lend them to friends.
- This is the invention I've been dreaming of.
  It looks like a blank book. Pages look, feel, and smell like regular paper. I download a new book and text appears on the pages. I read it like a regular book, and when I'm done I can erase the text and start over.
  I know it's a luxury item for a limited market, but that's what I want.
  
  Are you from Hogwarts? This reads like something from a fantasy lol
- I'm on my seventh e-ink kindle. I still prefer paper for reference books, but e-ink for everything else.
  
  How did you go through six? I still rock my first and almost a decade old kindle
- An e-reader and libgen have made me read more than the shelves full of books in my house ever have
- If you angrily throw your eReader across the room when the book's ending sucks and pisses you off, it's a lot more expensive than that time I did it to Michael Crichton's Sphere.
- I'm very pro real books and as a result was hesitant to jump on the ebook bandwagon. That all changed after finishing a particularly large book early during a long trip, lugging those damn dead trees around the country for a while and unable to find anything worthwile to read in along the way. Now with my ebook any book and every book on my "to read" list taking up the same space, same weight, and I don't worry about damaging them because the ebook is waterproof with a rugged cover.
  I still buy hard to find and out of print books at used book stores, but those stay home and get gifted to special people when I'm done.
  
  Yup, this is the way. My e-reader weighs less than my phone and is about 1/4th the size of a hardback or trade paperback with the cover or a protective sleeve. It's a game changer for travel, commuting, waiting time before appointments, etc.
  I've read 200+ books in the span of time I might have read 20 if I had to throw an actual book in my bag on the way out the door.
- I had 10k books on one and still I read about a quarter of a book on it.
- Any moment now.
- True, there are so many free ebooks online you can read without buying
- I probably read about as much on my phone as I do on paper. I would never read a book on my phone. I hate that experience compared to reading a physical book when it comes to such media. I would have to think about it a lot more to explain it coherently, but it's ok for wikipedia and not ok for books.

You don't have too many books, but too few bookshelves.
- My favorite story is that I was on my way to one store to buy a new bookshelf. On the way, I stopped at a different place and brought three new books.
- Terry Pratchett said "I wouldn't want to be friends with someone who has enough space for all their books."
  
  So all those books stacked on the floor make me more amicable?

Do folks even library anymore?
I always have at least one library book on the go. It's literally free.
- Borrow then buy is the way
- Yes because quiet space to work in
  
  Maybe even get a little bit of that silent body doubling boost ☺️

Is there a Lemmy meme community where there are actually memes?

Same with video games.

When I was young my parents took us on a vacation to Hawaii. My carry on had like 8 books in it and I finished half of them before we even got there.

I describe my book purchasing as "aspirational." I learn about way too many (potentially) interesting books / authors / topics compared to my time to read. If I complete one third of the books in my library before death, I will be satisfied.

Are ebooks out of favor already?

Great time to post book related communities. Know any?