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Old 07-01-2019, 10:34 AM   #82
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Originally Posted by Hrafn View Post
And if you don't have room to store all your paper books? That was one of the reasons I swapped to eReading.

And, as others have pointed out, eBooks are (often) not cheap!

The moral of this story is not that eBooks are "cheap", it is that they are inferior, and in fact damaged goods -- 'broken by design'.
I got lost in your statement somewhere. If ebooks are inferior, broken by design damaged goods, why switch from paper books?

I will say, given patience, ebooks are cheaper than paper books. It is common to find ebooks priced at $2.99 or less. Granted, The Once And Future King may not be $2.99 'on demand', but if you watch for a sale, it will be. At least, that's been my experience.
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