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for decades i've had a 3 - 7 book a week habit that has filled my house. used books, new books - i stay away from hardbacks whenever possible because of space issues. a few years ago, maybe 2001, i noticed the baen's bar link in the back of a book. i didn't think about it for a few weeks, but i work online and ran out of things to read one night so off i went. i was thrilled and started reading my first free ebook. when my eyestrain got too bad to continue, i printed the rest of it (which took tons of paper and ran us out of ink).
i was very excited to be able to download a new book whenever i wanted to read, but eyestrain was still a challenge. then my son told me about the sony reader - he had seen one in person, and felt it was the perfect solution to my overflowing bookshelves and sore eyes. i thought about it for months, checking it out at a few places before i finally went looking for more info online and found this place. within a few days, i realized that the cybook gen 3 was more my speed.
ah, life is good! i no longer run out of books because whenever i finish one, i can download another. sure, some books aren't available in ebook format, but many are. i've re-bought some of my favorites as ebooks, and i've had so much fun now that i have all the ozbooks and lousia may alcotts at my fingertips from gutenberg.
i still buy graphic novels full sized, and do buy some paper books, but i always go for the ebook versions when possible. our growing pile of books is no longer taking over the house, and i gave away some of my classics to make space.
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