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Originally Posted by Apache
I read almost exclusively ebooks now, but I find myself still keeping my DTBs. I think I keep them around because they provided me with so many hours of enjoyment. 90% of my life has been spent with DTBs. Besides if something apocalyptic happens (Zombie Outbreak or The Electric Grid Goes Down) I will still be able to read. I also might want to think about hoarding reading glasses. (Google Twilight Zone Time Enough at Last). 
Apache |
I have a section of my basement that is covered on three walls by about 10 - 4 x 6 foot bookshelves with what remains of my paper books. I've thrown many outdated technical/reference/nonfiction books out. Many of those shelves are double and triple stacked with paperback SF books, Two shelves are poetry and the rest a combination of fiction, nonfiction writing, poetry, bioographies, music books etc.
I actually have probably several dozen titles in both ebook and paper. For a while I insisted on buying poetry books only in paper (mostly because of the formatting issues with ebook) but now they seem to have worked a lot (but far from all) those format issues out. Ebooks are way more convenient!
Here's one of my poetry shelves:
ETA: Aha! Found one of my 'library' as well (there are a few other shelves scattered throughout the house and yes I've read all but a few % of them.