Thread: What is it with people and their paper books?
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Old 08-17-2010, 12:12 AM   #37
Alisa
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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.
I'm hoping that the popularity of ebooks will actually lead to a greater call for artisan printings. If we're spending less on our day-to-day reading, more people might splurge on beautiful volumes of their best beloveds.
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