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Fourth, I have explored the free e-books available from my library and found virtually nothing of interest.
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You lost me there for a moment. I don't go to the library for free ebooks - I download them. I'm not sure what kind of selection a library would offer there.
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Sixth, I frequently take a book home from the library, read a few pages, and decide I don't want to finish it. If I buy the download I'd be stuck with it.
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Most books can be sampled before you buy. Although I admit I rarely ever do this - only for selfpublished works mostly. I rely more on customer reviews if available.
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Is there something about all of this that I'm not considering? Given my situation, can anybody suggest why I might want an e-reader?
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One aspect for me is having a clean font in the size I like. For books, this varies. Some prints are good, others are horrible. And then there are the occasional 1000 page tomes that aren't exactly comfortable to hold for reading.
Otherwise, having a good library just down the street is hard to beat of course. Very few people are that lucky. For me it's an hour hike to get to a decent library. And once there you have to get one book, and if you find out at home you don't like it, well... it's just not pratical.
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I'm heavily involved in information technology as a senior software developer - maybe on my off-hours I just don't want to stare at a screen...
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Well, eInk hardly feels like staring at a screen. It's very different from LCD.