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catsittingstill · 08-25-2010, 08:53 PM

Up to now I have handled this issue by keeping my old paper books and generally not obtaining copies of books I already own.

I made a few exceptions for authors I *really* love and bought new copies of their books. I made a few more exceptions for books that I liked that are available from the Baen Free Library. So far I haven't bothered to get rid of the corresponding paper books, though :-)

I haven't done anything to "format shift for free" (either scanning my paper books or going to the darknet) because it seems like rather a lot of effort and I'm lazy--I mean, busy, that's it, busy; I have other things I want to do with my life.

The day that DRM keeps me from using an e-book I paid for, that will probably change pretty fast.

08-25-2010, 08:53 PM	#41
catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	Up to now I have handled this issue by keeping my old paper books and generally not obtaining copies of books I already own. I made a few exceptions for authors I really love and bought new copies of their books. I made a few more exceptions for books that I liked that are available from the Baen Free Library. So far I haven't bothered to get rid of the corresponding paper books, though :-) I haven't done anything to "format shift for free" (either scanning my paper books or going to the darknet) because it seems like rather a lot of effort and I'm lazy--I mean, busy, that's it, busy; I have other things I want to do with my life. The day that DRM keeps me from using an e-book I paid for, that will probably change pretty fast.