Yeah, I'm not a big fan of paper these days.
This side-track to the thread begs a question to be asked:
Do you crush or fold?
E-Books or Paper Books??
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This side-track to the thread begs a question to be asked:
Do you crush or fold?
Unless you didn't hit teh power but the reset button...
Unless you didn't hit teh power but the reset button...
Since there isn't a "reset button" on the devices, that's fine then.
^ And even if your E-reader is erased, you can always restore it from the cloud. Whoever you bought those E-books from will have your complete purchase history which you can re-download any time you want.
Unless the site you bought the e-book from has closed or the publisher no longer licenses that site to sell the e-book.
Takes about 3 seconds to remove DRM from any one file.
I have lost or damaged more paper books than I have lost e-books. My lose of e-books is zero. I doubt Amazon is going to close in the foreseeable future and 90% of my e-books are through them.
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Plus, of course, it's a bit easier to make a backup of an e-book than of a book in DTF...
I don't know what you're talking about. I back up all of my paper books by duplicating each word with quill pens on scrolls, and then lock them in a safety deposit box on another continent for safe keeping. Not hard at all.
Agreed.
I take care of my paper books and I haven't lost one since I was 14 years old (I'm 30).
I take care of my books too but I share my house with my sons who aren't always as careful. At least I can share e-books with them without any worries.
There are a couple of books that have just disappeared from my house and I know I didn't lend them to anyone so I assume that ones of my sons might have lost them.
We have around 1300 books in the house so it can take some time before I notice a book is missing.
There are a couple of books that have just disappeared from my house and I know I didn't lend them to anyone so I assume that ones of my sons might have lost them.
We have around 1300 books in the house so it can take some time before I notice a book is missing.
I've had a kindle now for about 2.5 years and I definitely prefer the e-book format at this point. I would not have the storage space for the 120+ books were they physical, and I enjoy not having to worry about bookmarks - I was constantly losing those and having to hunt for something suitable when I put down the book.
saving space is a good point. Add another 0 to Miss Chicken's books and you have the approximate number of my collection. Even though I have a huge apartment there is really not an inch left for another book. So I now buy ebooks or sell one of my real books when I buy a new one
I don't have any little ones, so I guess that would be a concern I never considered. 1,300 -- I have, at the most, 150.
I will say that I challenged myself to read 12 books this year and made my list up in advance. To save time and money, I have bought 2 classics (Les Miserables and Mansfield Park) in addition to the paperbooks I get out from the library. I guess going back and forth in this thread has softened my stance a little. Owning it means I can fit it in between requests from the library. If I like either one, I will buy a paper copy. I am simply using the e-books to cut down on the time restraint from the library.
Wow, I think you're the first person I've sort of met (not just heard of) who has more books than my husband and I had. I used to say that I divorced one man and about 5,000 books.
I've trained squirrels to do this for me.
^ Is all that effort really worth it, though? Seems a bit nuts, really.
^ Sometimes your humor is a (bit too) corny.
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