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Originally Posted by Keryl Raist
So, what do you do when the book you want to read only comes in the Dead Tree Version?
My hubby recently ran into one that didn't have an e version, and was reminded why he doesn't like DTBs anymore. He hasn't gotten to the point of not being willing to read a book anymore, but he's awfully close.
How about the rest of you? Will you still read DTBs?
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As a general rule, I will not buy a new pbook. Instead I buy used. Or I don't buy at all...
What I've found is that if a book is not in eform, I often don't want it at all in pform. There are several reasons for that - size, weight, increasingly small print. But I have an increasing intolerance for pbooks
unless they are in some way physically pleasing.
I'll tell you how far gone this is - I used to have a stack of books in the smallest room in the house. Now all thats there is my Sony 300. Fully Gutenberged.
I do tend to buy a lot of pbooks at my local used book stores, sometimes even if I think they might be available to me as ebooks. It's just that a lot of them aren't. Plus I want the used bookstores to stay in business - I still find lots of books I didn't know I wanted there.
I don't want bookstores & pbooks to go away - I just prefer ebooks.