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Originally Posted by Tony1988
I can understand the other reasons but expense?? Ebooks are not really cheaper (some are more) and buying a new ereader every couple years at $100+ a pop is going to ruin any savings you MAY get buying some ebooks.
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This really depends. If you read any classics at all, the value of an e-readers is compelling: my shelves are filled with 19th century literature that I bought for the same cost as modern paperbacks. And if you buy hardbacks, or want to read books when they are released, there can also be a savings in buying an e-reader, depending on how many books you read.
There can also be a real savings if you share your account with your family or friends.
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And this is the one reason paper books will stay with us till the end of the world.(ok maybe not the end of the world.LOL) Thousands read books frugally. They buy and sell cheap, trade etc. This is something that just cannot be done with ereaders as effectively.(unless you are content reading the same free classics over and over again)
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IMO, e-readers are no-brainers for the 10-15% of the population that reads more than 10 books a year. Paper books will stay with us because of the 40% or so of the population that reads only 1-2 books per year. They are not the best customers, but they are a large group.
I don't know anyone who buys and sells used books more than occasionally, although I'm sure they exist. But I'm not sure that that's more frugal than buying cheap self-published books, or buying inexpensive genre fiction from Baen or various Romance houses.