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Ebooks? Or paper? What's your preference? (lemmy.world)
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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Paper.

Ebooks don't have the right smell.

[–] TheFunkyMonk@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

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

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Might wanna take it off and check for mold.

[–] m4xie@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

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