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Originally Posted by ebookie
Yup, the state of electronic books is currently dismal.
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That entirely depends what sort of books interest you. If you want to read the NYT best-seller's list then yes, there are many books not available as eBooks. If, on the other hand, you're a fan of older authors, then very often eBooks are much more readily available than printed books.
Eg, I am a big fan of the novellist Henry Rider Haggard, who wrote 60 odd novels. Go to even the best bookstore and you're likely to find "King Solomon's Mines", "She" and perhaps "Allan Quatermain" if you're very lucky. Go to PG, however, and you'll find pretty much his complete works, all of which can be downloaded and read free of charge.
The specific reason I use an eBook reader is that it allows me to easily read books that I
can't easily find in bookstores.