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Originally Posted by Cthulhu
Slayda: Your post begs the question, Why have the physical copy if you do not intend to read it?
It seems a bit silly to me, and I wonder why you would purchase the same book twice, especially one you'll never use.
Not trying to be a jerk, just wondering at motivation.
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Nathan said it for me. I really prefer to read the ebook, but I categorize books into 1) unreadable, 2) barely readable, 3) readable and 4) re-readable. Some authors go automatically into category 4 (although I do remove a select few from that group). Weber & Heinlein are 99% in category 4.
When a book is re-readable, I want a hard copy. It's harder to lose than an ebook copy which can be lost in many ways - system crash, my own hastyness & carelessness, etc. So for re-readable books I want a hard copy even if I never open it but read the ebook version. Also sometimes you want to have something you can hold in your hands so you
KNOW you own it.
Actually those books in categories 1 & 2 are some I wish I could get my money back from.
Keep in mind that I'm in the older generation so it's hard to lose old habits but ebook readers are so much easier to hold. So call me a dichotomy.
