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Old 03-17-2016, 01:35 AM   #91
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Old 03-17-2016, 05:00 AM   #92
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Old 03-17-2016, 07:11 AM   #93
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Hey, what was your reason to switch to e-books from the original paper books?
1)I love the idea of a library that I can sort through and pick what I want to read anywhere and never feel that I don't have "the" book I want with me.

2) Had way too many physical books...became somewhat of a minimalist.

3) Like San Serif instead of being stuck with the publisher's choice of font.

4) Like reading in the dark.

5) Built in dictionary

6) Started to prefer reading on e-readers over reading physical books...I was surprised by this when I recently tried to read a regular book and found I preferred screens.

7) Library books that you don't have to physically take back.

8) Pre-agency pricing allowed me to amass a library of good books.

9) Finding new books was easy...no need to go to a store.
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Old 03-17-2016, 10:13 AM   #94
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A. Storage space.
B. My eyes are getting old and get tired and I like to be able to change the font and size of the type.
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Old 03-17-2016, 10:20 AM   #95
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I wasn't in favor of e-books until I got my hands on one. There are many reasons I liked it:

Adjustable font makes it easy to read.
No yellowed pages also makes it easier to read.
A library in my pocket.
Lightweight.
No need to hold the book open with my hands.
Access to cheap or free books. I can try out a PD classic without having to pay for it.
Access to books when I want them.
I really like being able to look words up at a touch.

I understand that some people like the smell of books, and that baffles me a bit. I've been reading for close to 50 years, and I've never noticed books having a smell, unless it's mildew. I guess I don't have the same Pavlovian response to book smell.
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Old 03-17-2016, 10:48 AM   #96
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Hey, what was your reason to switch to e-books from the original paper books?
Vision damage. Can no longer read paper. Large type didn't help either because they squished the type to take up fewer pages.
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Old 03-17-2016, 11:00 AM   #97
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The other reasons listed above (space, cost, multiple books in one device, etc.) all played a factor too but they weren't why I changed.
Those were reasons to move house. Ttwice now, but this house looks like a keeper with plenty of space to house all the books I'll never buy anymore

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Bookmarks, feh, why use a bookmark when you can dogear your page and/or break the spine by leaving the book open and facedown?
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And yet I still cringe at the thought of dog-earring a page!
I felt a shiver going down my spine just reading that... My parents always taught me to respect books. That means: never write in them, never fold them, always try to keep the spine intact (not all books will cooperate with that though...)

I even use bookmarks in magazines...

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Don't any of you miss that wonderful smell of musty old books?
No. But then, I upsized my house so I still have all my paper books...
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Old 03-17-2016, 11:31 AM   #98
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Why I switiched.
1.I move a lot because of my job and packing up and moving books became to much of a chore.

2.I have bad eye-site and being able to change both the font size, color of the background and type is a blessing for me.

3.I read short stories and my phone allows me to carry many different anthologizes at once without the weight of physical books.
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Old 03-17-2016, 12:02 PM   #99
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Don't any of you miss that wonderful smell of musty old books?
What Causes the Smell of New & Old Books?
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Old 03-17-2016, 01:59 PM   #100
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Old 03-17-2016, 04:19 PM   #101
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Everything everyone else has said, plus books don't go out of stock. For example I don't have to rush to the store and buy all the Harlequin books before they get taken off the shelves. They're always there for me at the Kobo store.
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I survived a stroke 8 years ago, and the stroke messed with my eyesight for a while (better now) and my ability to hold books (only one working hand, you know).

I still can't hold pocket books, although I can manage hard-backs pretty well, so my e-readers (various Sonys and now a Nook Tablet) have been sanity savers.
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While I still prefer my hard copy library and have no plans to get rid of it, I like the portability of e-books, especially if I am traveling. Plus, some of the older public domain books I wanted were either unavailable or cost more than my budget would allow, but could be downloaded free as an e-book.
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It began by accident really. I bought a Compaq iPAQ in 2000, mostly because the idea of portable internet access was intriguing -- slow, clunky access via added sleeves, cards, wires, etc. notwithstanding.

The iPAQ came with coupons to download a few free MSLit books. I downloaded them and forgot about them. Some months later I was on a plane with my usual supply of printed reading material and it turned out that the overhead light at my seat didn't work. I played a few games on the iPAQ and then out of desperation I opened one of the ebooks.

About ten minutes later I was hooked. No matter that at the time only a small percentage of what I wanted to read was even available in digital form, and mostly at a noticeably higher cost than the printed versions. By the time our libraries were transferred from Peanut Press/ereader/fictionwise to B & N we had about a thousand books, not including a hundred or so from other sources (I'd convinced my husband to try ebooks by then too).

It seems silly now but until about that time I’d never even thought about the possibility of losing access to my ebooks. If I hadn’t discovered Calibre and Alf I think I might have tried to kick the ebook habit, despite the fact that by then I’d also come to appreciate the space-saving and font-size adjustment features of ebooks.

It’s funny but as much as I value my smartphone, laptop, tablets, and ereaders, none of them have had quite the thrill of the discovery of Pocket PCs. Those things seemed like minor miracles to me – internet access, tts GPS navigation with Mapopolis, ebooks, movies, music, games, etc. all in one tiny device. I think I bought at least half a dozen iPAQ models (along with cases from Vaja, Inooch, and Pielframa) and I loved them all.

Sorry about my ramble down memory lane here.
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