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e-readers are amazing!
Stephquiem:
Okay, I'm either misremembering, or have got wishful thinking about the price. Actually, now I'm thinking about it, and I'm pretty sure I was full of it when I wrote that post, so nevermind.
I always wish that book prices were based on quality. I'll happily shell out extra money to get a fancy copy of some book that I love, or for a hardcover by one of my favorite authors. But... those fluffy books made up most of what I read for years. And now that I'm trying to scale down my book collection, those take up 80% of the books that'll be going to charity. Big waste of money on books that really aren't worth it.
imagist42:
Pretty sure that argument was against pirating books.
imagist42:
Not Gaiman's argument, Toba's.
Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: tender on 16 Feb 2011, 16:24 ---Nope.
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Interesting aside:
Soon after getting my Kindle I downloaded a massive pile of books off of a less than legitimate source.
The first book I ever read on my Kindle?
American Gods.
The reason it was the first one?
American Gods was the last physical book I had bought to read for my own enjoyment and just hadn't gotten around to it.
No, that doesn't make a lot of sense. But I really enjoyed it.
ALso, I'm glad every day that I did that because I keep finding books in that pile that I enjoy.
horsefish:
--- Quote from: Stephquiem on 13 Feb 2011, 11:20 ---Now. If only I could get the books I already own in ebook form without having to rebuy them. But that more falls under "hopelessly illogical dreams I have."
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This. My wife just got a kindle recently. She has about 15 titles on it so far. We have about 2000 books in our house apartment (both librarians - occupational hazard). I like being surrounded by them; it makes me feel cozy, but if we could magically zap most of them into the kindle, our next move would be soooo much easier. Last move: 47 boxes of books :mrgreen:
*EDIT* "just...recently?" I need to report myself to the department of redundancy department.
Also, I'd really only wish for that if I could magically zap them back on to the shelf after the move. Actually just zap the whole move. And zap some new shelves from IKEA without having to drive to Atlanta.
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