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?
It’s possible your Dad told you to print them as a joke. Sounds like something I might have done.
Do you actually own anything when you go on vacation? You don’t. You pay for the experience. It’s the same thing more or less with books. You don’t pay for the physical copy but for what’s inside. The ideas of the author. The experience of reading it. It doesn’t matter if you have a physical or a digital copy. It’s exactly the same.