I've been hesitant now buying kindle books. I will search online first to buy a drm free version if possible. Or else back to paperback and hardcovers.
@jnv We borrow e-books through our library. Rarely buy them. But I know that publishers have some absurd thinking about how many copies can be loaned before a new e-book needs to be licensed. But I just cannot add to my bookshelves which are already overstuffed after a lifetime of book buying.
I have way too many books too. There are some that I want to have as hard copies (like books with photos or illustrations). I borrow fiction and novels as ebooks and audiobooks (both digital and on CD) from the local library too.
I agree about the absurdity of limits on digital goods. It's silly and greedy.
@jnv Yes. Most of what I have kept, besides a few novels that are not available as e-books, are cooking, art, history, poetry, educational hard back books, etc.
@jnv I'm mumble mumble decades old now - and it's insane. I'm slowly starting to hand them out, as I now realize someone else will have to deal with so many books after I need old age care! I believe it's called Swedish Death Cleaning. <g> Anyway, with that mindset, even though it's still a few decades away, I dare not add more physical books to my collection. :)
That's the other great thing about physical books. Buy them, read them, if you don't need them anymore, they can be handed onto someone else to enjoy (and hopefully that person will do the same when they are done and deem they don't need the book anymore). Digital books can't be handed over to anyone, it's silly since most digital books cost nearly the same as the physical ones.
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Me too. I am starting to switch back to physical books nowadays because I'm tired of all this licensing stuff.
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I have way too many books too. There are some that I want to have as hard copies (like books with photos or illustrations). I borrow fiction and novels as ebooks and audiobooks (both digital and on CD) from the local library too.
I agree about the absurdity of limits on digital goods. It's silly and greedy.
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Mine too! I do have quite a stash of comic omnibuses too.
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That's the other great thing about physical books. Buy them, read them, if you don't need them anymore, they can be handed onto someone else to enjoy (and hopefully that person will do the same when they are done and deem they don't need the book anymore). Digital books can't be handed over to anyone, it's silly since most digital books cost nearly the same as the physical ones.