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Originally Posted by Alisa
As for samples, I have never read an entire chapter of a book standing around in the bookstore. I read a page or two.
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That's what bookstore cafes are made for
Very good points above though, and I am not saying that the Kindle is not useful in saving money, but most savings would be the same whatever ebook device you are using - and my impression was that the original post referred specifically to the Kindle since I saw other people extolling that Kindle saves money over say Sony 500 since you get to buy a bestseller for 10$ vs 12-15$ at Books on Board...
Regarding finishing books, I am not sure that having 3 chapters as samples helps, at least not in my case - since there are always many more books of interest to me than available time, and while sometimes I try to impose an austerity budget and buy only what I really, really will read next, it works for a week or two and then I still find myself buying the next 5 books of interest anyway, reading 3 and adding 2 to the growing to read pile...