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Originally Posted by HarryT
Plenty of people do routinely do that kind of thing. Is it really any different to paying $10 to go and see a movie that you may or may not enjoy, or going to a restaurant for a meal that you may or may not like?
$10 is, in this country, less than half the cost of a cheap take-away pizza. I get far more enjoyment from an eBook than a do from a pizza, but I regard both forms of entertainment as equally "ephemeral".
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When I go to a restaurant I have a menu which I study for 10 minutes before I order anything and usually I am not too daring in my choices
One of the reasons why I don't go to movies is precisely what you have said: go and see a movie that you may or
may not enjoy. I am not prepared to throw away £6 or more nowdays? no idea
for a bad movie. I do buy DVDs for £5-6 of the movies I like. And sometimes even a bit more expensive, such as LotR 3 DVDs extended edition set for £33.
If I were behaving the way you describe, my small salary would be gone way too quickly and I would never take loans. It is not my way of life. So, I have to live accordingly to standards I have set for myself. It includes buying books of good quality that I might read in 10 years time - hardback editions, or in the case of ebooks - books without DRM or with DRM that I can remove. I would definitely not spend $10 for a book that I cannot re-read in 5 years time.
I know,
HarryT, you have mentioned it before that you don't see buying a book as a life time investment. I respect it. It is your way of life
However, you shopuld accept that there are many people who look differently on this matter
For example: as I said somewhere else, I am visiting a couple of fantasy related forums. You would not believe how many people over there re-read the same books over and over again.