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Originally Posted by bob1xxx
Hmmm public library books a vastly over stated reason to buy a e pub reader. Here in So CAl PL's have convert so few books (except crap best sellers to epub) there no selection. And most books have waiting lists months long because the will only loan out the e pub books to only 2 to 5 readers depending on the library ....so sorry public library access is a straw man argument in my book.
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gonna both agree and disagree with you there bob.
it is an overblown issue, not because the libraries are not great sources (they are) but because having a Kindle should not preclude you from reading those books.
I am also in Southern California.
Now is the selection great in that you can think of a book before hand and then go find it for sure? Nope.
But is it great in that you can flip thru the (thousands) of books they have and find great stuff? Heck yeah.
I'm a recent ebook convert and have only been using their systems for a couple months. Here's a smattering of books I've gotten.
recent Science books:
The Grand Design by Hawking
Sex at Dawn
Social Science:
a couple of Gladwells (I'd be tempted to file these under "crap bestsellers," but still worth skimming)
Influence by Cialdini
the updated Black Swan
The Evolution of God
Current Economics:
13 Bankers
Too Big to Fail
not even gonna get into all the history, sci fi, literature I've gotten.
These are books I've gotten, not just ones they have listed. Sure there's a wait for some, but that is the trade off for not buying. I don't have to have them instantly since I have plenty of other stuff to read in the meantime.
I'm happy for those that have the means to buy a Kindle subscription and buy hundreds of books at ten bucks a pop. I don't.
What I do have is several years worth of challenging material on paper. Stuff I want to mark up.
And an ereader with access to years worth of excellent (less technical, read-it-straight- thu) material available for free via the library.
But in all fairness this is exactly the same approach I would have taken with a Kindle. I just don't have to convert.