I started reading ebooks half way through my undergraduate degree (when I was about 20) when I realised that instead of paying hundreds of dollars for textbooks, I could get them way cheaper off the internet. I bought a tablet PC to read them on and haven't paid for a textbook since. With the sort of research I am in (theoretical physics) I require the latest textbooks and the university library rarely has these. Plus the books are astronomically expensive because they are aimed at a very small customer base. So now I couldn't survive without my ebooks.
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