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tcv · 11-08-2006, 08:59 AM

Hey folks,

About two months ago, I moved from Boston to Houston. With the help of a personal organizer, we managed to pare down quite a bit of our personal belongings. Remember, less weight means less money when it comes to moving.

The personal organizer is a good friend of mine and we spoke one day about all the books we owned and whether to donate them. We got around to talking about why people kept books?

She mentioned several reasons, but two stuck out with me:

1. We like to display our knowledge to others.
2. We're enamored of the look of books -- the different colors, the sizes, etc.

I can't say those reasons are good enough for everyone, but I see what she was getting at.

But both reasons become null-and-void with a digital reading device. You can't really display the amount of books you've read and all books look the same.

Still we tout the ability to keep several books with you as a good reason to have a digital reading device.

I'm curious: Why keep digital books at all?

Why do you do it?

11-08-2006, 08:59 AM	#1
tcv Addict Posts: 330 Karma: 596 Join Date: Oct 2006	Why keep digital books? Hey folks, About two months ago, I moved from Boston to Houston. With the help of a personal organizer, we managed to pare down quite a bit of our personal belongings. Remember, less weight means less money when it comes to moving. The personal organizer is a good friend of mine and we spoke one day about all the books we owned and whether to donate them. We got around to talking about why people kept books? She mentioned several reasons, but two stuck out with me: 1. We like to display our knowledge to others. 2. We're enamored of the look of books -- the different colors, the sizes, etc. I can't say those reasons are good enough for everyone, but I see what she was getting at. But both reasons become null-and-void with a digital reading device. You can't really display the amount of books you've read and all books look the same. Still we tout the ability to keep several books with you as a good reason to have a digital reading device. I'm curious: Why keep digital books at all? Why do you do it?