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Old 12-28-2011, 08:01 PM   #16
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Nope, not going back to paper!
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Old 12-28-2011, 08:06 PM   #17
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Yes.

1. If I start the series in paper, then I finish it in paper.

2. If paper costs much less than the e-book (i.e at a used book store).

3. If it is not available in e-book format and is at a good price in paper.
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Old 12-28-2011, 08:15 PM   #18
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I'm going to be buying paper for a long while yet at this rate, because so many ebooks are geo-locked, or because the Aussie ebook is far more expensive than a paperback from BWB or TBD. I also buy a metric shedload of paper books for my nine-year-old, who doesn't have an ereader yet, and prefers paper over reading on his ipod.
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Old 12-28-2011, 08:32 PM   #19
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Old 12-28-2011, 08:50 PM   #20
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Expensive to purchase? Most ebooks are roughly the same price, with some being more expensive, than the paper copies. Unless you're pirating, how can you say that the paper versions are expensive?
I don't buy fiction ebooks that cost more than $6, and I have no shortage of reading material. Most of the ebooks I buy are $2.99 or $3.99.

I have no intention of ever buying a new paper novel again, although I expect I'll buy some used to chop, scan & convert.
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:26 PM   #21
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:27 PM   #22
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I go the least expensive route.

I bought myself with some Christmas money some books which are not available as eBooks.
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:33 PM   #23
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No. One of the reasons I wanted an e-reader is to eliminate clutter, and at some point books become clutter. The fewer things I own that take up physical space, the happier I am.
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:38 PM   #24
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:39 PM   #25
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true, I last thing I want to is to turn my home into a library lol
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:43 PM   #26
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What fun is there in dying and not being able to bequeath several tons of books to your children?
I guess in the future it will be a slip of paper with log-in and password.
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:46 PM   #27
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Yes. If my book club selects a book that can only be bought in paper, then I buy it.
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Old 12-28-2011, 09:52 PM   #28
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What fun is there in dying and not being able to bequeath several tons of books to your children?
I guess in the future it will be a slip of paper with log-in and password.
Hehe, true. My children already have unlimited access to most of my dtb books. When I was a dtb reader I used to also participate in BookCrossing and get and give books for free occasionally at Bookcrossing gatherings.

The cool thing is that anyone i give a book to is always happy to get one! Now that I have an e-reader, I am not very attached to many of my books, as most of them I had were classics which I have now replaced via Project Gutenberg.

My youngest child was born around the time that Music/Video stores stopped carrying cassettes, and nowadays they are into music downloads - less stuff, more GB
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Old 12-29-2011, 12:35 AM   #29
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I have no problem buying paper books. Digital books came too late in life to have an impact on the book clutter in my house. However e-books will slow it down to be sure.

But just yesterday I was at the Library (a physical library) and they had "Stories Of Three Decades" by Thomas Mann, beautifully bound, for $3. How do you walk by that?

Funny that even Library's are dumping old books.
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Old 12-29-2011, 12:59 AM   #30
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