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View Poll Results: Do you hoard ebooks for retirement?
Yes. I would have done (or do) so with paper books as well. 20 10.81%
Yes, but I would NOT have done so with paper books. 18 9.73%
No, not for retirement... but... uh... I hoard (e)books anyway. 113 61.08%
No, I don't hoard. Not ebooks, not paper books. 34 18.38%
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Old 04-20-2014, 08:48 AM   #121
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I collect books and have far too many. I do read all of them though as I am a compulsive reader. Affordability is not really an issue as you can always find a bargain shopping around the various secondhand sites or using www.bookfinder.com

I guess if you have not got time to read at the moment make a list of titles you really want to read. Then when you have the time order them from your local library if money is an issue.
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Old 04-22-2014, 11:33 AM   #122
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What religion allows you to take your Kindle into the hereafter?
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Old 04-22-2014, 11:59 AM   #123
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I don't know if I would call it hoarding for retirement. I stock up on books when they are on sale. Now I only get books I would have bought anyway, but it does save me money that way. I don't care if I read one of those books 3 years after I buy it. It doesn't have an expiration date on it and now with ebooks, I don't have any storage issues either.
For me, my tastes don't change as much so I'll still want to read those books years down the line.
I don't have to wait until retirement for money to be tight. Its already like that. So library, books on sale, that is how I do it. Do I buy more than I read right now? Of course. . But then I have always had more books around me than I can read. I think many readers are like that.

I could stop buying a book today and still read for the next 3 or so years I think. But where is the fun in that.
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Old 04-22-2014, 01:03 PM   #124
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What religion allows you to take your Kindle into the hereafter?
All of them. It's kind of new, so you may not have heard, but Bezos has just negotiated a very afterlife-friendly license agreement. So far, the app only works with Amazon devices.
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Old 04-23-2014, 08:13 AM   #125
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You can at least have audiobooks...
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