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Originally Posted by Katsunami
If one's not reading in English, then e-readers become much less useful.
I for one wouldn't want to be reading Dutch books only; I'd pay through the nose, because I can only get them in Dutch stores, and e-books are just as expensive as paperbacks. Also, the selection is horrible. Most books published in Dutch are actually translated English ones.
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Same situation here. Ebooks
are cheaper than paper books though - something like paper book costing around 20 € and the epub version of the same being around 16 €. Still terribly expensive compared to English books.
My mother has pretty much made the switch to ebooks now because the print in paper book is just uncomfortably small for her these days (and she doesn't like to use reading glasses when reading on her side in bed) - she's happy to read on my old iPad, which doesn't bother her nearly as much as it did me, for reading, and she needs the larger screen. I must admit I'm glad she's not nearly as voracious a reader as I am; she reads only before sleep and gets through maybe 2-3 books a month - if she read 10-15 books a month, I don't think I could afford to buy her books!