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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I've never bothered with the library since I got into ebooks. Now that libraries do ebooks, perhaps I should. But I rather like being able to refer back to books I've read, and it's not an expensive hobby, really.
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The snare for me with library books is that they’re books that are expensive. The bad mystery novel I just read, by John Banville, was published last October and costs $14.99! Older Banville novels can cost $11.99 to $12.99. I’d never spend that, not even on a good novel. I also like non-fiction, especially history, and that tends to be pricey. Occasionally one will go on special for a bit, but I’ve got books on my wishlist that have languished there for years, so OverDrive is an important part of my arsenal for books I want to read. What I need to resist are books that catch my eye mostly because they’re new, especially if there’s a lot of buzz.