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Anabana · 09-20-2011, 08:24 PM

I have both and hope both are around as long as I am. I have 100s of books, some that I've owned for 40-50 yrs and I re-read them every year or two. They are 'old friends'. AND now that I've learned that Amazon is NOT my friend, gosh, I need those books! These are mostly books that have been out of print for 10 yrs or more, but copyright won't expire before my warranty does.

I bought (very inexpensive) ereaders for my dh and myself in the Christmas sales last year. He probably will never pick up another pbook. His philosophy is ' read it once, move on', so ebooks are perfect. He also has back problems and after a couple of surgeries, was finding it very difficult to hold a book for more than 10-15 mins., unless it had 200 or less pages. Raymond Chandler or Zane Grey, anyone? So now, he always has 15-20 books and they still weighs 7 oz.

For me, eBooks are all the books I want to read once - all the books I've always thought (or been told) that I should read; you know, Beowulf, Crime & Punishment, A Doll's House, Critique of Pure Reason, Return of the Native... and all the authors that I want to try before I buy. I belong to 3 libraries and get most of our books that way. Computers and ereaders are proof that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!

09-20-2011, 08:24 PM	#127
Anabana Zealot Posts: 109 Karma: 2735606 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire 7" & 10"; 11"(?)-12" Lenovo laptop	I have both and hope both are around as long as I am. I have 100s of books, some that I've owned for 40-50 yrs and I re-read them every year or two. They are 'old friends'. AND now that I've learned that Amazon is NOT my friend, gosh, I need those books! These are mostly books that have been out of print for 10 yrs or more, but copyright won't expire before my warranty does. I bought (very inexpensive) ereaders for my dh and myself in the Christmas sales last year. He probably will never pick up another pbook. His philosophy is ' read it once, move on', so ebooks are perfect. He also has back problems and after a couple of surgeries, was finding it very difficult to hold a book for more than 10-15 mins., unless it had 200 or less pages. Raymond Chandler or Zane Grey, anyone? So now, he always has 15-20 books and they still weighs 7 oz. For me, eBooks are all the books I want to read once - all the books I've always thought (or been told) that I should read; you know, Beowulf, Crime & Punishment, A Doll's House, Critique of Pure Reason, Return of the Native... and all the authors that I want to try before I buy. I belong to 3 libraries and get most of our books that way. Computers and ereaders are proof that you CAN teach an old dog new tricks!