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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I hope to never have to hold, own, dust, carry, box, move, loan (and subsequently ask to have the loaned book returned), smell, or feel a print book ever again. I miss nothing about them. Especially not waiting on them to be physically shipped to my quality-book-store/library-devoid location.
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Yeah, I agree. I guess I miss the stuff 'around' buying books. Going into used book stores, stumbling on that gem you've been looking for, browsing among the stacks at an excellent book store like Aunties in Spokane or Powell's in Portland. But clearly I don't miss that enough to switch back.
And the switch to shopping for ebooks has its own perks. Now when I buy old midlist books, the author actually gets paid, unlike when I bought used paperbacks. And using ereaderIQ has a similar feeling to stumbling on something unexpected, when a book you added to your wishlist months ago unexpectedly goes on sale.