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Originally Posted by Red Alert
Several years ago when I planned to reduce my house size; the library of hard-backs became an issue for me. Where to put them? So I purchased a Sony PRS-500 to read all my NEW purchases. I could nearly put the same number of books in my Sony as in one of my many book shelves.
Along the way, I found the Sony to be much more comfortable to read than many of the paperbacks or hardbacks. As an example not often mentioned, the book thickness reaches the point where it is very uncomfortable to tote around. Take Tom Clancy's book Executive Orders in paperback. It is over 2" thick and quite un-wieldly to tote around.
For those reasons alone, I find the Sony to be far more practical.
Ralph
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I am in a similar situation, just running out of bookshelf space, part of the reason for a Kindle was to start getting that under control. And it is much easier to read than a paperback. But for most people, it just comes down to $s, and a used paperback, half-price or whatever, is generally pretty cheap. $15-20 for a large print paperback becomes $7.50-$10 in a half-price bookstore. People without space or other constraints will tend to go with the cheaper offering.