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Originally Posted by BelleZora
What do you suppose it is about ebooks that triggers a hoarding instinct? Paper books never grabbed me in the same way because I live nomadically and hate clutter. While I appear to live a life of simplicity and minimalism, I own enough digital books to win me a spot on Hoarders if they were paper.
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less guilt and less evidence
nothing to dust or move around, no bookcases to buy to hold the books, everything is visually the same size so it's not annoying to sort/resort/reresort stuff.
i'm the same way - despise clutter, don't read that much (just re-started a month ago), yet bought enough ebooks to last me 6 months without even thinking about it. i buy, the tablet stores, but doesn't grow thicker.
maybe it's that lack of physical / visual feedback that makes it seem like a $5 ebook is genuinely nothing at all?