Heyo.
It's been a while. I was going to do another cooking post, but when I went to get the potatoes, they were nasty looking. I was shocked that they were dead after only 2 weeks of rotting in the floor of the pantry. Oh well. Will get more potatoes soon.
I've been wondering something for a while that I want to ask.
For those of you with eReaders, do you still buy normal books? Paperbacks, Hardcovers, etc? Do you buy digital formats of books you already own?
Personally, I do. I've been slowly building a digital library that mirrors my physical one. Why? Because of the shelves. I want to have shelves FULL of books. I want people to see that I read, and what I've read. I want to be able to lend a copy of a book to a friend and still be able to read it. I want to have a house someday that has a full wall of nothing but books. And then, another. Until it's a room.
If anything, I am more inclined to keep up this current trend of buying books I own because of what happened with Borders this week. It got me thinking: What if Barnes and Noble went under some day? Sure, I could buy from Amazon and strip the DRM out of their books for use on my device, but what about the opposite? If my nook finally dies, I lose a LOT of digital books forever (note: make a backup of those books right now). I guess that's the risk of tying in with a specific company. If they go under, they can take my library with them.
So yeah. What about you? How do you feel about owning 2 copies of the same books?
Hmph, your blog just deleted my super long comment. The short version: books I love, I buy physical copies of. Books I'm indifferent to, Kindle only. Books I REALLY love, both versions. The Kindle does make it really easy, though, to give in to the temptation of instant gratification, so a few days ago, I finished a new paperback I loved, so bought the second one on my Kindle. I hate owning series of books across platforms, though, so I'll eventually buy that first one on Kindle, too.
ReplyDeleteBlog post forthcoming.
Actually, that does bring up a point I forgot to make. I won't buy another copy of a book I hate. Or haven't been able to finish yet. Like Dune. I just can't stand Dune and I know I won't buy 2 copies of it. I only have the one copy of it because I refuse to get rid of a book I haven't read yet, even if I get bored to death by it.
ReplyDeleteFor the most part, I will buy a book I'm unfamiliar with (such as Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy) on a whim, then add them to a list of "buy a physical copy" if I like them or not. But then, I have the Wheel of Time books. I already owned 12 of the books in the series when the 12th came out. I felt that I had to buy both versions of the 13th so the library would have them all in one format, though I also bought a digital copy to read it because the hardback would crush my chest when I tried to read it at night. :\
And as for my blog deleting your post... well, it wouldn't be my blog if it didn't slap you in the soul every now and then. You're welcome :D
i don't have a kindle or nook, i am scared to buy one because I dont want to have only digital copies. Like you said I want a room full of books when i finally have my own house. Don't you feel bad for paying twice for something? I cannot fathom that. Though, Lugging 2 books around is annoying (sometimes i dont want to read one of them so i read the other one at work on my break)
ReplyDeleteahhhhhhhhh!!!! but those nooks are cute too.
That's pretty much why I still buy physical books. People think that digital stuff is infallible, but it is dangerous to have something that can be destroyed so easily. A book at least takes SOME effort to kill. I don't think B&N will go under in the near future, but there is that risk of losing all of my digital library. That paranoia is there.
ReplyDeleteI don't like paying twice for the same thing. But after seeing pirated versions of ebooks, I feel that paying is the only option. The quality on most of them are so awful that I'm doing myself, and the author, a disservice by even looking at them.
There's also a few authors who still haven't put their stuff in a digital format (Rowling). I can respect their decision, but I don't have to like it.