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Originally Posted by HarryT
The eBook, since it requires no physical storage space.
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Actually, no. I get the paper version. I still have trust issues regarding formatting quality and future continued access to replacement availability when it comes to major-publisher DRM-ed eBooks. And I'm sure the price will eventually come down.
Though I should probably mention that I only ever bother to buy my own copies, physical or otherwise, for a very limited selection of authors whose works I'm willing to pay to own/support. The sum total of my English-language fiction TPB/HC collection acquired since my teens takes up maybe 6 shelves, with room to spare. And that's taking into account both my otherwise collector mentality, and including all the "authors I don't really care about owning but they were cheap on sale".
Otherwise, I am quite content to leave it up to the library to carry them for me.
I just don't buy books I don't already know something about and I'm not intending to keep unless it's a case of "it looked good on the used/library/remainder sale table and I don't have a time window to check if it's available through other means".