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Originally Posted by texasnightowl
FWIW, I am a re-reader. I'm only in my mid 30's, but I have some books with me that I've had since I was in middle school. They've been thru multiple moves in at least 5 states. And I recently helped my parents move. They have boxes and boxes of books too...ebooks would have been much easier on the back!
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I am exactly like you - my book collection goes back to before grade school, and I do re-read. I have no idea how many boxes of books I have... My family gets really irritated every time they help me move!
Right now, everything I own is in storage in Dallas because I'm traveling for work. I had to spend $15 to buy new copies of To Kill A Mockingbird and Slaughterhouse Five about a year ago because, since my employer pays all my bills, I didn't qualify for a library card where I was staying (you have to have a bill with a local address!) and there was no decent used book store, and I wanted to take the books to work with me to read. I definitely need an eReader of some sort! I was going to use my Palm for the time being, but I apparently fried the battery (I need to figure out how to get that fixed). Like you, I'm hesitant to commit to a reader because I don't want it to be obsolete ten minutes from now... and I do NOT want to commit to proprietary files in an iPod/iTunes type arrangement - there's a reason I have a Creative Zen Vision...