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Originally Posted by DMcCunney

How did you know they existed?

Torrent sites. I'm pretty sure that that was where I first heard the term. You can find user manuals for almost anything. As they are usually pdf, I didn't realize that there are so many formats for ebooks until I went looking for information on readers. I also didn't really think of them as books.

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

I suspect you are in a minority. For most folks, that's a bit beyond the "impulse purchase" level. It certainly is for me.
"Impulse purchase" tends to indicate you won't be terribly upset if it proves a bad choice. If you do that "once a year" several hundred euros purchase, and it turns out to be a bad choice, how do you feel?

My first big expense was when I was still a bachelor student 5 years ago, and as my first laptop that brought the joy of not having to share the family desktop with my two brothers anymore. Since then, the only one that might be called a bad choice was the netbook, since it turns out that I prefer to carry around a bigger weight in order to look at a bigger screen (notice my choice of ereader). I still don't regret it, since I gave it to my mother after a year of less than occasional use, and she loves it.

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

For me, ebooks are an additional format, not a replacement.

I also think that I will still buy pbooks, and I look forward to reading old classics, especially the books that I read when I was younger. Now I’ll read them in the original language.

Originally Posted by DMcCunney

I hope you are happy with it and it meets your needs.

Thanks!