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Originally Posted by l_macd
This is an interesting thread!
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It is quite interesting seeing all the different practices. I'm seeing one main theme, though. It seems that many (if not most) people stockpile (purchase, download, whatever) many, many unread ebooks, and then read them at their leisure (regardless of whether they keep them all in calibre, or on their device, or both). I had no idea that was so common, to tell the truth.
I, on the other hand, don't really stockpile unread ebooks at all. I leave them on the retailers "shelves" (or Gutenberg's servers) until such time as I think I'm ready to read them. Then I buy them and start reading. My TBR pile is strictly virtual... my calibre library is already read (mostly). It was mostly the same way for me with physical books (I don't think I own a pbook haven't read).
When it's all said and done, I don't really see a lot of difference between the two methods. Both allow for a myriad of choices come reading time--me utilizing the internet to choose my next book/others using books they've already purchased and curated to some extent. I assure you the actual
reading part is quite comparable (and equally leisurely).
