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Originally Posted by fr_t
- Higher chance to grab your attention. If you have a book that is sitting on your shelf, there is higher chance that it will be noticed and taken, than for one that is buried in your e-library.
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That is true. Those colorful and well designed covers do their job.
But I have found that I can enter a tag or even a random word in Calibre's search and similarly come across books buried in my elibrary.
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An important extension to this is that if you want someone to read something, you can get them a physical representation of that book as a present.
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On the other hand, you could buy the wrong book, buy a book they have already bought or buy something they have no interest in reading.