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Doug Huffman · 11-27-2010, 03:54 AM

Thanks for the mention of and analogy with TV, where I would have taken the book pricing thread.

We, my wife and I are five years free of TV. We see video entertainment a bit less that alternate evenings, usually an old/"rerun" classic or foreign film. Current productions are carefully evaluated before ordering (library/NetFlix) and not often mainstream. (NetFlix is sawing at the neck of their golden-goose.)

We read a lot. E-books have removed the physical space considerations - she had insisted that my number of p-books not increase beyond my quite static collection of classics and reference material.

For academic/intellectual reading, I buy the least expensive media of the desired or directed material. For entertainment reading, IT WILL BE FREE. I have a 'Gutenberg 30,000' and can't imagine spending money on mass market entertainment.

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Doug Huffman Banned Posts: 102 Karma: 7860 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Washington Island, across Death's Door, Wisconsin, USA Device: KINDLE 3 WiFi	Thanks for the mention of and analogy with TV, where I would have taken the book pricing thread. We, my wife and I are five years free of TV. We see video entertainment a bit less that alternate evenings, usually an old/"rerun" classic or foreign film. Current productions are carefully evaluated before ordering (library/NetFlix) and not often mainstream. (NetFlix is sawing at the neck of their golden-goose.) We read a lot. E-books have removed the physical space considerations - she had insisted that my number of p-books not increase beyond my quite static collection of classics and reference material. For academic/intellectual reading, I buy the least expensive media of the desired or directed material. For entertainment reading, IT WILL BE FREE. I have a 'Gutenberg 30,000' and can't imagine spending money on mass market entertainment.