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Originally Posted by barryem
What I didn't realize until about 20 years ago, about the time I retired, was that over the years I'd lost the ability to write. I can still sign my name and if I have to put something on paper I print it. If it's short and there's a reason to write it I'll try but I usually get stuck along the way. Silly as it seems, I don't remember how.
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That'll never happen to me as I do write a lot still. Just not using paper
(got a boogie board, a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and an Asus VivoTab Note 8)
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Originally Posted by barryem
Right now the idea of reading a paperback is more than a little bit scary. I've been tempted to do it and overcome that because I'm sure I really can, but I can't talk myself into wanting to. I'm not sure there's any point. There are a few books only available in paper but there are so many wonderful books in digital format that it's just not worth the effort.
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There a serie of books I'd love to read. But I just cannot get myself to pick up the paper versions (which I do have!), so I keep finding other books to read. If they'd ever come out electronically, I'd buy them again, without even thinking twice.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I only buy paper books when there's no ebook available. The immediacy of ebooks holds a lot of value for me. So in the rare event that the paper version of the book I want to read is a few dollars less than the ebook, the wait (and potential shipping charges) cancels any percieved "savings" for me.
Even though I very rarely have to, I've always been willing to pay more for the book format I prefer.
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If there's no ebook available, I won't buy it. The only reason I'd buy a paper book is because it would look good in my library. Which is boxed atm, so no book buying at all anyway, right now.