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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
Personally, I don't want a paper copy and a digital copy.
[...] They take up a lot of space, must be dusted, stored, and boxed and carried if we move. [....] I'll always have some paper books, ... I do like seeing books, so most every room in my house have some
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On the one hand those items are a burden, on the other they are simply relatively burdenous wealth - you yourself are noting the two sides. That wealth is, on one aspect, a burden, is a cultural acquisition since the times we had one cloak of fur and a knife.
More to the point, there is an asymmetry. Entitlement to the digital copy can hardly justify demands for also having the object. But if you buy a paper copy you may benefit from also getting a digital one. That is a gain, a plus - if unneeded, fine, but all expansions of options are "a blessing".
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Either I want paper (books with large color pictures/photos) or I want digital (all books mostly consisting of text).
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Well, that is a case limit. I instead see a lot of overlapping.