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It really doesn't make financial sense to get into ebooks. They often cost more than the paperback version and can't be resold after you've read them.
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Ebooks are worth more to many of us than print books. I can't change the font style/size in a print book. My husband can't read the same copy of a print book at the same. Ebooks allow us to buy or borrow a book, and we can both read it at the same time on our Kindles. My elderly mother can also read any book on my account using the Paperwhite I gave her.
Print books take up space, need to be stored, dusted, packed to move, etc. Print books don't have built in dictionaries and access to wiki. They can't be delivered in a few seconds, even I. The middle of the night.
I can have a few hundred books at my fingertips, in a light weight device. Our Kindles have built in front lights, allowing me to read in any situation, regardless of ambient lighting, from full sun to total darkness.
I had pretty much given up reading for pleasure before I got my first Kindle in 2009. Digital books gave me back my favorite hobby. I can read every day now, and usually do.
Kindle books are, in my experience, almost always the same price or lower than a new print version. Cost isn't really a deciding factor for me, I won't buy a print book if it costs less, I can't easily read them. Many of the books I "buy" are free, or low cost, because I track the sales. I can even borrow a book from my public library on my Kindles, without leaving my house.
I typically have 3-5 books going at the same time. All at my fingertips in my Kindles or with the Kindle app on my iDevices.