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http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=3903
Question: Are you part of a scanlation group?
Choices:
Yes - votes: 727 (6.6%)
Used to be - votes: 1143 (10.4%)
No, but I want to try it out - votes: 1627 (14.8%)
No, since I don't feel qualified - votes: 5516 (50.2%)
Never have, never will - votes: 1969 (17.9%)
There were 10982 total votes.
The poll ended: March 21st 2014
Judging from the last time we ran this poll, we have less people scanlating now..
Comments (limited to first 100 replies)
» kitty1826x on March 21st, 2014, 10:41pm
» Knightzomegaz on March 21st, 2014, 10:41pm
especially school books..
» kaloo on March 21st, 2014, 10:58pm
» BaeSooky on March 21st, 2014, 11:00pm
I go to the library to find new reads and then buy and crazy-keep the ones that really interest me, so I don't really keep that many around.
» ImaginaryWishes on March 21st, 2014, 11:07pm
» silent killer on March 21st, 2014, 11:38pm
» ariasaven on March 22nd, 2014, 12:11am
I have thousands of ebooks/books that I won't even get to read in this lifetime. I always make sure that their metadata is complete and that they are all in their proper folders/shelfs.
» Damnedman on March 22nd, 2014, 12:26am
» SilverStorm on March 22nd, 2014, 1:23am
» nunya_bishieness on March 22nd, 2014, 2:30am
I also have alot of hand-me-down books from my grandfather's collection, don't know what category that comes under
» reanmeih on March 22nd, 2014, 2:32am
Don't go to library anymore, mainly cause the stupid policy said that our city doesn't have a library of it's own, and despite somewhat considered to be part of another city practically just next door, tax doesn't cover that library's fees. I say, fk them. Ah but, I occasionally rent mangas. I'm not allowed, so only if I can find time to sneak outside and have confidence I'd be able to sneak out again to return them. And only when I have a manga I want to read but can't find it online. Sometimes find new mangas while I'm there though. Besides... they only got those rental stores in Taiwan, and I'm only here once every year or two. Buying nor renting is TOTALLY not an option outside Asia for mangas and Asian novels, way too expensive. As for English ones... I stopped reading them enough to say that there are none anymore tempting enough to make me spend $25 a book. Rather than those, I'd much prefer reading fan fictions of animes. Those amateur works are better than the pros I tell you, at least for the good ones. Well in any case, for those I do read, it's all electronically. Easier to manage.
So between Caring type & Electronic mostly.
» tactics on March 22nd, 2014, 4:37am
I do take good care of my books too. They might get a bit dusty, but they're still in good nick.
» RoxFlowz on March 22nd, 2014, 6:45am
Need a book to study: Library type
I don't buy many books for myself, but I take very good care of my light novels and some other books. So it really depends on the book itself.
» mikako17 on March 22nd, 2014, 7:39am
» Harukko on March 22nd, 2014, 7:53am
As for pleasure reading, I would buy them, but I don't have much money, only the necessary to get by and for the books at school that the teachers ask me to buy. Although I have many e-books but I usually don't read them.... so I guess I'm a e-hoarder type. Lol. XD
» bakerygirl on March 22nd, 2014, 11:01am
E-Books have been a life saver for me. I live in a town where reading is an endangered hobby. I had finished reading all the books in the local library which interested me by the time I was 12-13 years old. Most of the book stores here (here as in about a 100 km away from my town) sell only the mainstream stuff, and buying books I like costs a fortune since they are imported. E-Book was the easiest and most effective way to get around this problem. I love my Kindle <3
But, the books that I do have (100 or so. Used to have more before my dad decided to give them all away to charity) are well worn and have all been read at least twice or thrice. So they are all pretty battered. E-Books might probably be the best option for me
» Hyperlion on March 22nd, 2014, 11:28am
I do use an e-reader though so that's helped a lot in terms of storage.
» SinsI on March 22nd, 2014, 1:54pm
Storage space is extremely expensive where I live. From my calculations (average book price is 7$, rental price is 30$/1m^2 per month, you can store 100 books on 1m^2), if I don't re-read every book every 21 months or less, it is actually cheaper to buy them anew.
» makoz on March 22nd, 2014, 2:50pm
» Here_And_Now on March 22nd, 2014, 5:56pm
» mysstris on March 22nd, 2014, 7:32pm
I've become more of a buyer who is the caring type (I'm crazy about keeping my books in as best condition I could with what limited resources I have).
Though I'm also the hoarder type since recently I bought a bunch and haven't had the time to read a lot of them.
I'm just hoping to have my own little library some day =)
» Emeline on March 23rd, 2014, 8:56am
» Mikashi on March 23rd, 2014, 6:10pm
+Hoarder: I do tend to buy a lot of novels and books, I usually read my manga right away (unless if I'm missing the volume before it.) However, even though I buy novels (by my favorite authors, of course.) I don't always read them right away, my lack of utter motivation is part of it. I do plan on reading them, eventually, tho'. And when I actually get around to reading a book, and don't like it, I tend to donate them to the library, for example, "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern, that book was literally calling out to me, bought it, read it, was extremely dissatisfied with it (I could actually make a long rant about that, but I'll refrain from doing so). I plan on donating it, eventually. /shot.
+Caring: I try to keep my books in the best condition, sometimes hard, because after reading or re-reading a manga, and the plastic lamentation on the cover starts to peel back (I'm looking at you, Full Moon volume 1, for starters.)
+Crazy: I re-read my books (manga more than novels tho'), A LOT. Such as Blood Lad, UDDUP, Yurara, Rasetsu, Time Stranger Kyoko (my favorite Tanemura series, just wish it was longer >.>...), Flame of Recca, and Sailor Moon for starters.
There's a ton more than that, tho'. /depends upon my mood.
» hatsumimi99 on March 26th, 2014, 7:36pm
» Gradonil_Ral on March 27th, 2014, 12:07pm
I read my books with the utmost care. Most of the books I bought ~10 years ago is still in mint condition.
I hate lending my books to others. They never hold them in as much a respect as I do. Usually get back to me damaged. (Spine damage or worse.)
I also buy most of my books in bulk - I look for best occasions (25-40% off for the whole assortment) and order 10-15 new books. I usually have 10-20 unread books on my shelves at all time. But I'll always read them at one point or another.
I guess that makes me a semi-hoarder/caring type.
I only re-read the best ones. And usually before the release of the next book in the series.
» 狂気 on March 27th, 2014, 2:07pm
For this reason I buy the books. I don't hoard though. I buy hard cover books, sometimes limited editions, sometimes used books if they're out of print. But always good quality books (for used, in good shape; for all, good binding and such). And I take good care of my books. So do I collect books? Perhaps so, but I don't buy faster than I read.
I chose the caring type since I thought it's the closest. But calling me the caring type just somehow seems so wrong...
» butako chan on March 28th, 2014, 11:04am
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