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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
I have largely abandoned e-books and gone back to paper.
For one, I travel much less than I did, so the convenience factor doesn't loom as large. I read mostly at home, and it's no problem to pick a book off the shelf.
Secondly, I was tired of fighting the battle of getting the specific title I wanted in e-book format.
Thirdly, I swap computers often, and hated the hassle of de-registering and re-registering computers / accounts (granted, this is only a problem with my particular Reader, the Sony PRS-505).
Lastly, partly in order to solve THAT problem, I'd need to get a Kindle and thus be locked into a vendor and pricing model I abhor.
In short, working with ebooks was just too much of a hassle for me. Nowadays, I'd rather just pick up a book or borrow one from a friend... no flicker, no format shifting, no DRM to remove, battery to charge, USB cable to relocate, etc.
Plus my local library is a very cool place and I often meet interesting people there.
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You have mentioned many of the problems with the e-book format and I totally agree. The publishing industry has a long way to go to convince me that the e-book format is better than, or even a good substitute for paper. Therefore, for myself, the e-book format is a sometime thing that I use to read books that are difficult or impossible to obtain readily in a paper format. Foreign publishers are an example.
When given a choice, and I see that the price differential between an e-book and a paper book is only a couple of dollars, the choice is obvious - paper wins every time.