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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Devaluation of books is complete with the advent of ebooks. Books are now reduced to text within a computer file, instead of being works of art.
I know, I've said that I prefer to read from an e-reader now, so I'm "helping" to speed along this process, to a certain degree.
Still, I'm contemplating to give away / sell all my paperbacks that have been replaced by ebooks, and use the space to build an "epic bookcase": it'll only contain hardcover versions of books I deem worthy to have as a *book* instead of being only in a file.
The only problem is that I'll probably read the book on my e-reader, buy it afterward as a hardcover and then shelve it into the bookcase... possibly to never be read.
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I have never cared about the packaging except for books with pictures of course.
I can't agree that a good book is devalued by being a file or by being surrounded by less worthwhile efforts. A good book is a good book IMO no matter who wrote it or how you read it.
Still if one is used to being surrounded by books it is hard to give them up.
I would rather have more books I haven't read than duplicate copies, but I am a mite peculiar anyway.
Helen