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Originally Posted by Alisa
Often when I hear people wax poetic about the glories of the paper book, they are painting an image of some glorious wood-paneled library with walls full of leather-bound volumes.
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Funny you mention that. When I finally started using a Kindle full time I ended up donating most of my books to a local organization (sort of like the Boys & Girls club). The only books I kept were my few dozen leather bound collectors editions, and it is amazing how beautiful they look displayed together without the couple hundred rather trashy looking paperback novels that had been mixed between them for years.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Kaufman
Why is it, do you suppose, that people refuse to go with e-readers?
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There are still so many small town bookstores that offer the kind of deals that you honestly can't find while shopping for ebooks. There is a used bookstore that I used to shop at here in Anchorage that sold books for 25 cents a piece. Going there with a few bucks and walking out with an armful of books was a great feeling.
Also there are the stores that give you credit for your old books, another thing you can't really do with ebooks. A store here in town that I used to shop at all the time will give you a free book for every two you bring back to them, which is a good deal no matter how you slice it. Imagine doing that on Amazon? "Yeah, just gonna email you back these two ebooks now that I'm done with 'em, and I'll take a new one in return. Thanks!"