Of course your last para hits the nail on the head... possibility of non-availability of a book when I do want to read it but second para misses the point entirely... say I'm having my usual coffee and hour read after work and I finish my book... what do I do, browse and decide what I want or give up reading time because "I am able to download" but haven't so got to wait to get it... not everyone has Wi-Fi/3G access on their reader and given the choice, I want the books I want on my reader whenever I want to choose a new read rather than have Wi-Fi downloading...
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Originally Posted by tompe
I usually have maybe 1000-2000 unread paper books. If you read only 100 books a year than you will easily read 3500 books.
The point with having access to a lot of books is that you can choose what to read depending on the current situation. But it is unnecessary to have the books on the reader. It is enough to be able to download them.
A reason to buy a book now is that it might not be available later. And since tastes changes it is reasonable to buy widely if you are reading a genre.
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