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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
 embarassed about scifi!!!??? |
Some of us SciFi readers hide what we read not through embarrassment, but because of people saying "oh you're reading science fiction. You're one of THOSE people. I can't see how anyone can get into SciFi". I think we intimidate those sorts of people, deep down I think they are jealous of us
Helping them save face.
Anyway, back on topic.
Pros.
- Comfort of holding the ereader vs pbook.
- Can have my books on my phone and read anywhere.
- Far greater variety and selection of reading material (no longer restricted to my local bookshop).
Cons.
- The ease of getting ebooks, one tends to very easily 'hoard' a great collection of ebooks that realistically one will never read. I see people posting about having 3000 ebooks in their collection (and wanting to put them all on their ereader). The 100 books a year challenge is a big one, so these people would spend the next 30 years just to read what they have, not counting what they add to their list.