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Originally Posted by Fbone
At the moment your reading costs are near zero.
How much are willing to spend to read an ebook? If your budget will be the same, then you'll be confined to free and $1.99 indie ebooks. Then the basic least expensive ereader will suffice.
If your favorite authors are mainstream, then be prepared to spend $9.99 - $12.99 for an ebook. Budget doesnt permit? Then dont buy an ereader.
At the moment it seems you would be paying a high price for convenience as you have access to unlimited books cheaply.
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Not exactly zero $. Used books are not super cheap, either, depending on where you get them. Thrift stores ~ 95 cents and up; used book stores $4 and up for paperbacks and trades. And you get what they have.
I'm not so much a first-run bestseller reader, so the $9.99 and up model probably doesn't apply to me as much. And I haven't begun reading any of the indie books yet, so I don't know what to expect, quality-wise. All the arts carry a wide spectrum of quality and taste though, so.....
As libraries carry more and more digital media, there will be more & more benefits to owning an eReader for people like me.