I am of the understanding that buying books online is hardly worth anything because you don’t actually own anything. Maybe you own the digital file? I’m not sure. I don’t trust the longevity of it, though.
I’m told a lot (mainly by my Dad) that its a good idea to print those out to keep them. However, I’m talking about books that are easily 200+ pages.
I don’t know if its worth the ink or money to print them out. At that point would it be better to just buy a book?
I’ve read a few short novellas that you can’t get physical copies of. Printed them out at work when I was alone in the office lol. Bound them and have them on my shelf now.
Worth it for me in this case but in almost any other scenario just buy the book. Buy used if you want to safe money.