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ficbot · 12-20-2009, 02:57 PM

I tend to buy new (to me) books as ebooks for the most part, but over the past year or so, I have been gradually replacing some of my p-books with e-editions if I have a large micropay credit and there is a sale going on to bring the price really low. I just bought six more and got back such a large credit due to a coupon/ereader 5% rebate/large transaction rebate that the six netted out at about $1.50 per book.

These were the last of the books in my list though. I still have half a shelf remaining or print fiction books for which I cannot find ebook versions in a format that is easy for me to deal with. I still buy all my non-fiction in print form but for fiction, I really hope to one day hit all-ebook.

Does anyone else have a little hoard of print books for which you cannot find an e-version? If so, I am curious what the books are. The short version of my list:

- A half-dozen Douglas Coupland titles. I did find his newest one at Kobo (but nowhere else). I would dearly like an e-version of Microserfs as it's one of my favourites, but on the other hand he does some creative things with formatting in that book so I am not sure it would work.

- The Last Unicorn and A Fine & Private Place by Peter S. Beagle. I love those books. A Fine & Private Place is one of my all-time favourites.

- Anything by Tom Holt. I have one book of his I like that is part of a series and I would love to read the subsequent volumes, but I refuse to buy them in paper.

- John Irving's fairly rare and out of print short story collection, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. It has a story in it that is one of my all-time fav short stories. No ebook though

- Early Timothy Findley. I have not explored his newer stuff much (4 of them are available in ebook) but I would love to have Not Wanted on the Voyage in ebook form.

- Anne-Marie McDonald. Those are hefty books, too. I would save a ton of shelf space if they were in ebook.

I have been buying the more recent In Death books by Nora Roberts in ebook but have not got around to replacing my earlier paperbacks. It'll be about 30 books, and I have a ton to read right now, so there is no compelling reason. Other than that though, I have either gotten rid of the p-books outright, or replaced them with ebooks.

12-20-2009, 02:57 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Books you cannot find in e-versions I tend to buy new (to me) books as ebooks for the most part, but over the past year or so, I have been gradually replacing some of my p-books with e-editions if I have a large micropay credit and there is a sale going on to bring the price really low. I just bought six more and got back such a large credit due to a coupon/ereader 5% rebate/large transaction rebate that the six netted out at about $1.50 per book. These were the last of the books in my list though. I still have half a shelf remaining or print fiction books for which I cannot find ebook versions in a format that is easy for me to deal with. I still buy all my non-fiction in print form but for fiction, I really hope to one day hit all-ebook. Does anyone else have a little hoard of print books for which you cannot find an e-version? If so, I am curious what the books are. The short version of my list: - A half-dozen Douglas Coupland titles. I did find his newest one at Kobo (but nowhere else). I would dearly like an e-version of Microserfs as it's one of my favourites, but on the other hand he does some creative things with formatting in that book so I am not sure it would work. - The Last Unicorn and A Fine & Private Place by Peter S. Beagle. I love those books. A Fine & Private Place is one of my all-time favourites. - Anything by Tom Holt. I have one book of his I like that is part of a series and I would love to read the subsequent volumes, but I refuse to buy them in paper. - John Irving's fairly rare and out of print short story collection, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. It has a story in it that is one of my all-time fav short stories. No ebook though - Early Timothy Findley. I have not explored his newer stuff much (4 of them are available in ebook) but I would love to have Not Wanted on the Voyage in ebook form. - Anne-Marie McDonald. Those are hefty books, too. I would save a ton of shelf space if they were in ebook. I have been buying the more recent In Death books by Nora Roberts in ebook but have not got around to replacing my earlier paperbacks. It'll be about 30 books, and I have a ton to read right now, so there is no compelling reason. Other than that though, I have either gotten rid of the p-books outright, or replaced them with ebooks.