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Originally Posted by stargazertony
I'm a bit confused. Rounding say $300 for an e-reader verses $30 for a hardback. That's only 10 books to cover the cost of an e-reader. Or $10 for paperbacks which is only 30 books. Less than a years worth of reading before it's paid off. Of course I didn't factor in the free and $2-5 books that you can get for the e-reader. Plus highly portable library of books and the neat factor.
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I'm confused by the logic in this post. You're making it sound like once you get your ereader, all those $30 and $10 books come to you free, so your ereader pays for itself after a while. The only way an ereader would ever pay for itself is if you were (a) in the habit of buying a lot of $30 books, and (b) once you got your ereader, you suddenly turned pirate and started grabbing those same first-run books from the darknet. Assuming you're plannng to stay legit with your reading, an ereader will NEVER pay for itself. It will always remain a convenience purchase even if you find one for $50. Given that you always have the option of running to your local library and checking out any reasonably popular print book for free anyway, there's no logical way anyone could justify the financial side of buying an ereader regardless of its cost. It will always be something that you have to buy with your disposable cash, never out of a needs budget.