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Hmm. I just thought about another aspect of paper books vs. e-readers that the article doesn't cover: hoarding of unread books.
Looking at my bookcases I probably have 50-75 titles that I've yet to read, and lots of those have sat there for the better part of a decade, and I suspect I'll never get around to reading them. When I bought them I of course intended to read them, but as time has passed my interests have changed and other books have arrived that's piqued my interest more.
This kind of overbuying has zero environmental impact with an e-reader, but obviously not so much when it comes to paper books.
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