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Old 01-10-2011, 07:16 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by inkyness View Post
From reading various threads here, it sounds like a lot of people use their ereaders almost exclusively. I'm going to order my first reader in the next couple of days, but I don't plan to stop buying physical books, and I'm curious about how many other people use both.

I think my reader will be useful for three things:

* To make reading more convenient when I'm going somewhere - it'll be nice not to carry a large physical book, or several books if I can't decide what to read.
* To read free books that I would otherwise have to buy or check out from the library.
* To get the occasional book instantly (though I'd probably only do this every couple months; normally I'm happy waiting for the library copy)

I'll probably end up using my reader 90% of the time when I'm out, and maybe up to 50% of the time when I'm at home.

In the past, if I really love a book, I usually try to get a hardcover copy (signed if possible), and I can't see that changing. And I'll still go to my library's book sales from time to time, since their fiction is 55 cents (cheaper than even the least expensive ebook) and they have a lot of books that aren't available digitally.
Been there, done that.

Was:

Now:
4 years down the road. No more printed books are delivered to my house with a small exception of special editions of a few books that I love.
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