If Books Are Dead, Why Is Barnes & Noble Stock So Hot?

Fiscal Times ^ | 06/01/2013 | By SUZANNE MCGEE

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Besides, how can you write in the margins on an electronic screen? Just kidding. I'm a paper book reader myself as is my wife. It might be an age thing. I'm in my sixties and my wife is close to it. Her daughter wanted to give her a Kindle for Christmas, but my wife prefers reading paper books. As do I.

For one thing, used books are so cheap, if I lose one, it's easy to replace. If I have hundreds of books stored on an electronic book thingy, if I lose it or it malfunctions, how do I replace all those books? If I want to loan a book to another person, how do I do that with an electronic book? Maybe a Kindle user has a good reply for those questions, but from the view of my wife and I, electronic books are a solution to a problem that doesn't exist for us.

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I've got my Kindle which I use a lot. Great to toss in my bag everyday for the times when I'm out, bored, and can use the time to browse my kindle selections. I've got about 13 pages of free ebooks. Lots of good devotional reading.

But I find most of the Kindle stuff I choose is free. If I spend money on books, I still like to buy a hard copy book. Love my local used book store. I was depressed when our Borders shut down. I have several hundred books and don't think I will ever get rid of them.