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Originally Posted by wyldkit
For me, the most compelling reason is environmental. I own close to 1000 p-books.
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I sometimes wish I owned that
few.
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That's a lot of dead trees. And I've probably read only half of these books.
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Same here, but a good bit of my library are references on one thing or another you don't exactly sit down and read cover to cover.
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I like to acquire books that I might want to read, and I often re-discover something on my bookshelf when I'm deciding what to read next. I can do that just as easily on a virtual bookshelf. Or, since I can download an e-book much more quickly than I can go to the bookstore or library to get the p-book, I could just wait until I am actually going to read the book to purchase it. I've been trying to switch over the e-books for a long time for environmental reasons, but my eyes just cannot focus on backlit LCD screen text for very long. Thus, a dedicated e-ink reading device is the best solution for me.
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I long ago came to the conclusion that
buying books and
reading them were two seperate and distinct pleasures, and I needn't feel guilty about buying more books than I get around to reading.
I understand the attraction of things like eInk, but it will need to be in color, and devices using it will need to do other things besides display ebooks before I'm a customer.
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Dennis