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Originally Posted by HarryT
You must live in a bigger house than I do  . |
Hehe, a bigger house for my books would be lovely. Many/most of my real books are boxed due to space constraints.
All other considerations aside, another reason I keep my books is because a number of them have memories attached which will never be the case with ebooks. I keep books containing a monogram from the person who gave them to me as gifts (sentimental, yes. Irreplacable, yes), some books now out of print that would be difficult or expensive to replace, first editions (you can't have ebook first editions), books not available in electronic versions (e.g. too old, small print runs, local interest only) etc. The list goes on and on.
Ebooks are a convenience, but there's no passion in collecting or keeping them for me. Never will be.