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Originally Posted by injapan
... gosh there is so much waist when most books are only read once or twice then possibly thrown away ... esp in the case of newspapers and magazines
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The irony is that newspapers and magazines are two things that I don't want to read electronically, even though they are the most wasteful in terms of physical resources. Then again, I usually pick up the free dailies and community papers since the electronic subscriptions are still on the expensive side.
Ebooks still have a ways to go for convenience though. They are great for novels and certain non-fiction works, but they suck for just about everything else. Reading anything non-linear on an ereader (e.g. textbooks) is still a harrowing experience since it is a royal PITA to flip back and forth.