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Originally Posted by Joykins
Just for the record, I brought up m/m romance, not erotica.  Not that there isn't some crossover, but I imagine erotic romance is a bigger draw than pure erotica. Either way, the e-reader functions to *remove the cover* of the book, which is totally what you want while reading erotica or erotic romance in public. |
I wouldn't really care if my ereader would put a projection of the cover I am reading at the time on the ceiling of the waiting room. I don't really care what others might think or not think about what I read.
I guess I been through all of the sniggles and sneers over my many years of reading romance, erotic romance etc, before I had access to ebooks. So the cover was always visible while I was holding up my paperbacks to my nose.
And you also bring up a good point in the filling the gaps when using subscription and library to read series. Seems like almost everything I read is in some kind of series no matter how barely connected. I am OCD about reading in order so by using Scribd and/or library, I can start reading series I might not have otherwise as it would have gotten too expensive. It hurts a lot less when I have to buy a couple of books in a series at 6.99-7.99 if I was able to get some of the others through Scribd or the library.
So in a way I buy more even and read more by using subscription services, or libraries for that matter. I have been borrowing stuff with Scribd at times, even if it was available at the library. One, I already have a subscription and two, I didn't want to wait for a loan to come up. Just depends on where the book is available. Its not an either or. Voracious readers have always been getting their reading material from a variety of sources.