Beside being nice to have, there can be several benefits to buying paper books over their ebook counterparts.
If I'm looking to buy several mass market paperbacks, it makes sense to me to take advantage of Amazon's four-for-three deal and then buy an additional book to qualify for free shipping and to avoid taxes (for the time being).
Other than that, there are lots of books that I'd prefer the bound version. Library of America ominbus editions are fine books to have along with Everyman's Library, etc. For something so nicely bound, there is no substitute.
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