I usually purchase hardcovers at full price, but I only purchase a hardcover after reading a paperback or ebook. I still enjoy having nice hardback novels and I even recently spent $80 some on the "The Lord of the Rings". I have it in paperback, ebook, and hardback.
Ever since I had made the change to digital reading I read more, and buy more. In the past I only purchased a paperback used or borrowed one from a friend or the library if I liked it I would buy a hardback or if one wasn't available I'd get a paperback.
Now-a-days if there is a book I am interested in I will buy an ebook instead of borrowing or 2nd hand. I have enjoyed ebooks to such an extent that now I will wait until an ebook is released or just find a different novel.
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