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Old 07-20-2014, 12:47 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
Me too.
However, I have a cousin who buys books, reads them, and flipps them to the local used book shop and a friend who would buy hardcovers, read them, and donate them to the local library. One reason he loves his kindle is he doesn't have to worry about flipping the books when he's done reading. Both are heavy readers that don't reread.

Takes all kinds.
Your friend could solve his problem by just throwing books away when he is done with them. It would come to the same thing, and be cheaper by the cost of an ereader.

Of course, there is still:
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[...] portability, ease of carrying multiple, possibly large books at once, ease of reading with one hand, no page flipping by the breeze ot the spine, search, font size adjustability, and built in illumination [...]
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