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Originally Posted by Timboli
...Every book is an individual object and imparts some kind of value... Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
Or eschew beauty for practicality, as some see it.
Many a book will tell you that.  |
Absolutely. I'm a champion of eBooks and e-readers, but I'm not pushing to get rid of paper books any time soon. I say whatever the market will bear.
I just don't think disguising an e-reader as a hard cover book will do anything except make them look precious and goofy. But that's just my opinion and you know what thy say about opinions.
I will say since switching over to e-books, I haven't bought any more paper books. But I haven't had the heart to get rid of any of the 2,800 books in my collection, even those I now have e-copies of.
But I'm also very interested in downsizing and it isn't escaping my notice that a digital version of the contents of my entire paper library (which includes books scattered all over the house) could easily fit within the free storage space of something like Google Drive.
"A house without books is like a room without windows." Just maybe I could use less windows
