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Originally Posted by HarryT
There are two main reasons for it, Richard:
1. Storage space. By the mid 1990s my house had reached the stage where I had double-stacked bookshelves along every accessible wall surface, and no room for any more. Ebooks allow me to have as many books as I want without running out of storage space. These days I use my bookshelves for my non-fiction books that aren't available as ebooks (or which are easier to use as paper books), and a very small number of my particular favourite fiction books which I have as good-quality hardbacks, such as my 3-volume illustrated versions of "The Lord of the Rings".
2. I travel a great deal, both with work and for pleasure, and ebooks allow me to have a large number of books with me at all times. Prior to ebooks I would always agonise about which books to take with me on a trip; now I just take my Kindle and I have close to 2000 books with me.
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This was my situation too. To many books and not enough book shelves.
I do not travel as much as I used to but, when I do I can take all of my books with me.
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