For the price of about 3-4 new hardbound books, One can buy an e-Reader that will hold hundreds, if not thousands, of books. Around $14.99 is the high typical price of eBook novels, with prices going as low as $0.99. And there are now gazillions of sites out there with free content for the download.
The only time now I’ll buy a physical book is if it’s something I want for my library. Something I feel is of value. Otherwise, my nose is in my Kindle “Keyboard” WiFi every day. Along with Calibri on my PC to maintain my collection, it’s a reader’s dream come true.
I agree with you. I have a 2nd generation 3g kindle, plus the Kindle iphone and ipad apps — but the Kindle itself makes it easier to read a book straight through. It’s just too tempting on the iphone to stop reading and check FR!
Now that I’m also getting magazines on the iphone, it sure declutters the house and it’s great to have a library always with me.
I buy only “keeper” books and antique cookbooks on paper.
Agreed!
I love my new Kindle, and the ability to read pretty much anything I want to. No going to the stacks at the library to track down an article, or going in to buy the next in the series of my favorite sci-fi or detective novels - I just find it online and download it. It’s fantastic!
I don’t understand why e-books are more expensive than paperbacks. There are no printing costs, distribution costs, no overhead, no retailing costs, etc, etc, etc.
If you wanted to see more e-book business, then e-books should be priced a few bucks below that of a paperback.
But for the most part, e-books are slightly more than a paperback in price (well, as of last year they were). Plus, you can’t give it to a friend as a gift or resell it to a used-book store.
So I don’t see the point of buying an e-book.
(now, bittorrenting ‘em... on the other hand)