I paid £80 for my copy of ‘Lungbarrow’ only to discover it was one of the reproductions from 2015.
It was advertised as an original.
What an absolute nightmare.
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I read nearly everything one my BOOX reader, but every time I can find a Chinese translation in my school library I’d grab it
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Okay, I honestly love this way of reading a book! Preparing a good drink, putting on suitable music, and smelling and feeling the physical book (there really is nothing better than that) is simply wonderful! I’d give you a badge for that if I could (you can have my imaginary “Friend of Books” badge here 
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Now I get the urge to do the same thing rather than read all my books digitally 
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Honestly, it’s amazing how much it aides the reading experience - especially if you find music or an ambient track that clicks with the story.
This is what I had on whilst reading ‘The Wheel of Ice’, and it made the whole book fly by. Truly excellent.
And this is the ambient-music suite I used when reading ‘Goth Opera’, which melded with the book’s scenes really well.
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Physical. I used to get things digitally on my kindle but never actually used it. I have more of a connection with physical books than digital ones.
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Prefer physical copies, but alas most Who books are only available digitally. I might forgive RTD for partnering with The Mouse if he can get them to republish old dr who books. Like what’s the point of having that sweet sweet disney money if you can’t bring back the EDAs (and/or VNAs, VMAs, PDAs or)
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I imagine the rights to publish the books are a completely different thing to the streaming rights for the TV show - I mean, they don’t even have the rights to show anything before the Bad Wolf productions - not even Tales from the TARDIS!
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Voted for mostly physical, sometimes digital.
It’s hard to articulate for me, but nothing beats reading a Book in my Hand, of course there are some Cases, where I go with digital, be it because I am not that interested in owning a Copy (most of the NSAs are this Case) or because some of those Books can be super pricey (Alien Bodies, Lungbarrow).
I’m in a similar Situation like @taraoftraken when it comes to non Who-Books, most of which I can find for a fair solid Price, so if it’s possible I do go with the Physical Route.
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Digital for manga and comics, physical for books for me
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I prefer physical but as it’s often near impossible or just way too expensive (shipping. taxes. my beloathed) to get DW books physically, I read mostly digital these days. Lots of audiobooks too, where they are available, if you count that as reading
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DIGITAL! I have a loaded Kindle E-Reader in nearly every room! 
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I prefer physical but Doctor Who books can be hard to find, so I end up listening to the audiobook versions or reading them digitally through my library.
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I prefer to read physical copies… but it doesn’t make my wallet very happy.
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Other than audiobooks, I mostly like to get physical copies. Trying to make it through the VNAs all physical is ROUGH! One step at a time tho!
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Definitely physical. It may be more expensive and space consuming, but I just adore the tangible nature of a book and turning the page, and seeing my books on a shelf or something similar.
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I totally forgot audiobooks! This is my go to most of the time until relatively recently because I have Spotify and Audible
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Physical of course (as my near-collapsing bookshelves can attest)
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Even though, I’m all digital these days… I couldn’t agree with you more!
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I’ve said it elsewhere…I enjoy reading Doctor Who (and associated) books, but I also very much enjoy having Doctor Who (and associated) books. My collection is literally over 900 books, and I expect to top 1,000 in the next 4-5 years.
There are some books, notably a couple of Benny ones I can’t buy at an acceptable price, that I’d be tempted to read digitally, but to date I’ve stuck solely with the physical media. I just love looking at my shelves too much.
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Physical whenever possible - the exception being the Marvel comics I’ve been reading since 2022 (those Golden Age issues are either impossible to find or prohibitively expensive). I also like to put music on in the background and turn the pages, hot beverage in hand, rain pattering against the window…
I tend to donate books once I finish them. I gave away all 14 of the Ian Fleming Bond books as I wandered about New Zealand, plus Byron’s ‘Don Juan,’ but that space in my luggage was quickly filled by the 80+ Target novelisations I managed to find (which will not be donated). If possible, I would like to one day possess a complete physical Who collection, as unlikely as that may be. I do have physical copies of all the stories/seasons on DVD up through PotD (except the couple of animations only released on Blu-ray in the U.S.), and I have the audios of the missing stories on CD, as well as a few other CDs such as the 50th boxset and the Nest Cottage Chronicles.
Anyway, we’ve drifted off-topic here. Physical books are so much better, that’s all I really wanted to say. 
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