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I lend most of my books to selected friends. They, in turn lend me copies of their books. We respect each other's books and so far they are always returned in good condition. If a book were to be trashed or lost (I keep and reread most of my books) then I would no longer include that person in my lending circle.
I get to read two or three times as many books as I buy this way so if I were to loose 1 or 2 (which hasn't happended yet) I would still be ahead.
This is the only downside I can see with my conversion to ereading as I have lost the ability to swap books with friends.
However as libraries start to stock more and more ebooks I will probably use them more. The other night after 10 pm I downloaded 3 books and waitlisted about 7 others. I hardly ever used my local library because I had to make a time to go there. If the books I wanted were already out then I had to go back when they were back but worst of all I had to remember to take the books back in time. I almost always had to extend my borrowing period just to give me time to get the books back. Downloading an ebook is so much easier.
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