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Guns4Hire · 05-13-2010, 03:41 PM

I don't buy physical books anymore, haven't for a long time. And never been a hardback buyer. Only hardbacks I had is if someone bought one for me. And I would actually tell people not to buy me hardbacks (that take up even more room).

I am 39 yrs old and have in my lifetime have filled apartments and houses with books. I always had a dedicated room for my books (my reading room lol). But when I would move I would end up getting rid of 95% of my books (who wants to move all that weight). I would save a few and it was always with gnashing of teeth when I went through this process.

I actually stopped my reading for a while. This is coming from someone that would read a book every two days (since puberty). Got tired of buying a bunch of books just to eventually get rid of them. And books were in my opinion just getting too expensive. I tried to go the library route but it became a pain in the butt. I would buy the occasional book to read but thats it. My reading room became my computer room.

So for about 8 years or so I wasn't that guy that always had a book at hand. And I missed it. More so my personality missed it. Kind of hard to explain but as a person I suffered for not devouring the written word. I don't even know if I made that connection until I got back into reading. But a few years ago I finally started reading TEOTWAWKI fanfiction off of forums. And within a short time I was back to reading a full sized story every day or two. I eventually got into epubs and that became my format of choice. I would read on my netbook or sometimes even on my HD TV (in bed lol) and then I would read on my phone when I was on the go. I would read the ebook and then delete it.

Over the last 6 months Ive started collecting again (thanks to Calibre) and have over 300+ ebooks. With so much free reading out there I have only purchased about 10 ebooks and all these were on sale or was some type of deal. I won't buy anything with DRM. And I won't buy overpriced ebooks, I consider $6.99 to be the high-end on what I would purchase for the electronic version. So that should tell you what I think of the agency pricing that has come about recently.

I waited until last month to finally get a dedicated ereader (Pocketbook 360) which is absolutely perfect for me.

I guess I could of just kept this short and said physical books aren't even an option for me. LOL. But I was trying to give a reason for how I came to the point where physical books have zero interest for me.

05-13-2010, 03:41 PM	#56
Guns4Hire Reading...Since 1970 Posts: 610 Karma: 7819 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nova Air C, Nova Pro, LifebookMars, BoyueT62+ Glowlight, NST, PB360	I don't buy physical books anymore, haven't for a long time. And never been a hardback buyer. Only hardbacks I had is if someone bought one for me. And I would actually tell people not to buy me hardbacks (that take up even more room). I am 39 yrs old and have in my lifetime have filled apartments and houses with books. I always had a dedicated room for my books (my reading room lol). But when I would move I would end up getting rid of 95% of my books (who wants to move all that weight). I would save a few and it was always with gnashing of teeth when I went through this process. I actually stopped my reading for a while. This is coming from someone that would read a book every two days (since puberty). Got tired of buying a bunch of books just to eventually get rid of them. And books were in my opinion just getting too expensive. I tried to go the library route but it became a pain in the butt. I would buy the occasional book to read but thats it. My reading room became my computer room. So for about 8 years or so I wasn't that guy that always had a book at hand. And I missed it. More so my personality missed it. Kind of hard to explain but as a person I suffered for not devouring the written word. I don't even know if I made that connection until I got back into reading. But a few years ago I finally started reading TEOTWAWKI fanfiction off of forums. And within a short time I was back to reading a full sized story every day or two. I eventually got into epubs and that became my format of choice. I would read on my netbook or sometimes even on my HD TV (in bed lol) and then I would read on my phone when I was on the go. I would read the ebook and then delete it. Over the last 6 months Ive started collecting again (thanks to Calibre) and have over 300+ ebooks. With so much free reading out there I have only purchased about 10 ebooks and all these were on sale or was some type of deal. I won't buy anything with DRM. And I won't buy overpriced ebooks, I consider $6.99 to be the high-end on what I would purchase for the electronic version. So that should tell you what I think of the agency pricing that has come about recently. I waited until last month to finally get a dedicated ereader (Pocketbook 360) which is absolutely perfect for me. I guess I could of just kept this short and said physical books aren't even an option for me. LOL. But I was trying to give a reason for how I came to the point where physical books have zero interest for me.