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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm curious. A question for those who never re-read: do you also never listen to a piece of music more than once? If you do, what's the difference with a book?
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I occasionally re-read, though not often. I plan to re-read things more than I actually do so. The main reason is time. It takes only 45 minutes on average to listen to an album. That said, there are plenty of albums I've only listened to once, even ones I've enjoyed. There is always so much brand new stuff out there tempting me (see the phrase listed underneath my name, I'm not kidding with that
). But if it's been several years I will. Right now I'm re-watching all the Star trek films for example and some of them I'd only seen once a decade or more ago so I'd forgotten most of it. BTW - yes, Star Trek 5 still sucks.)
Back to the topic, I agree with most of what everyone has said. I may not re-read a book, but that is irrelevent. I don't want to be prohibited from accessing a book I paid for merely because I choose to by a different brand of ereader, or because the store I bought it from went bankrupt. JoeD's post sums it up well.