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Thank you, all, for an excellent, thought-provoking discussion. Based on this discussion, I've confidently solved my dilemma.
It will be very interesting to see what happens as this "emerging" technology matures! (I know that most of it really isn't so new "technology-wise", but the application of ebooks on a grand-scale is. (My father has an OLD RCA ebook reader that still works!)
I also found it interesting to realize that I, too, do not often re-read books. HOWEVER, I DO have books that I have stuck markers in to refer to special passages that I DO re-read. Hence, it is nice to have them on-hand to examine. Also, for those that I DO re-read, I often have a very different perspective as I age! And, I also agree, though I hate to admit it, that I don't remember what I've read, and (fortunately) can often enjoy a second read-through, as if it were the first.
Don't forget that the neuroscientists remind us that memory retrieval is memory modification...
Cheers to all ! And... THANK YOU!
-Mike
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