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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
If you've got physical books conveniently available to you, I think it's reasonable to find ebooks lacking. Were I still living in the USA with the same library access I had before, I would have not bothered going digital at all.
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Ah, a kindred spirit. I doubt I would have been tempted to go digital except for living in France and cutting back on my regular visits to the US, where I would browse the bookstores and drop a tidy sum on reading material to tide me over to my next visit.
The libraries here proudly carry only French titles and don't even want donations of literary works in foreign languages like English. Bookshops are protected by legal price protection and only the largest book shops in Paris carry anything more than the "trade bestsellers" you can find in any international airport in the world.
Now that I have it, I couldn't live without my Reader, but I certainly understand those who aren't interested, given easy access to new books and a convenient way to weed out your growing collections by donating to libraries, hospitals or other organizations.
The publishers' current distribution and pricing policies are definitely a PITA, but so far, at least, fairly easily gotten around. I expect these policies will change, but living in France, I expect change to come slowly.