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Originally Posted by sirmaru
That is why I only read a book ONCE and never look back. Its possible I may have even read some books twice since I may have forgotten when I read it first.
That is why I only buy an eBook to READ IT and would not dream of "collecting" thousands of old eBooks. They are JUNK after I've read it.
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Well that is where we differ. I read about a book/day and can read 3 if I binge on a weekend. I shudder to think what my book expenses would be if they all were new. It's high enough already. I have books like "A Little Princess" by Burnett that I've been rereading since childhood.
This is not uncommon. A lot of people have a large paper library. Sometimes an entire room dedicated to well loved books. Many more wished for one. Before ebooks I had 4 crammed full bookcases and 29 boxes of books jammed into my apartment and I dreamed of a house with a room just for my books. Many times I gave away a book because there wasn't room for it and it wasn't quite good enough to displace one of my keepers then later wanted to reread it and couldn't find a copy again. Now I have my dream library and can keep all my books.