but, I really like books. The physical ones. I'm beginning to perceive a conflict taking place, however, between my love of real books and my inherent frugality.
I have wanted this book, Teton Sioux Music, for a long time, and for some reason tonight I decided I can't go on not having it anymore. In searching for the book I come to find that it's available on many online databases, apparently in its entirety. Add to that, the book is out of print I guess and goes for about forty dollars on the low end of things, to well over a hundred for older copies.
I don't want to spend forty bucks on a used book, but I'm going to, because I will never read 700+ pages on my computer, no matter how interesting it may be. I am conditioned to feel that Free is always better than Not, but I gotta be able to take part in the book physically.
Sorry, guess I just feel like whining, prompted by my fear of the loss of physical media. I just brought this up with my night nurse and we are in agreement that we will die if used bookstores go by the wayside. I want to always be able to wander around and smell old books, it's so crucial. The weird owners with their cats... the search for a gem in the endless, haphazard stacks... I don't know what I'll do without it.
I have wanted this book, Teton Sioux Music, for a long time, and for some reason tonight I decided I can't go on not having it anymore. In searching for the book I come to find that it's available on many online databases, apparently in its entirety. Add to that, the book is out of print I guess and goes for about forty dollars on the low end of things, to well over a hundred for older copies.
I don't want to spend forty bucks on a used book, but I'm going to, because I will never read 700+ pages on my computer, no matter how interesting it may be. I am conditioned to feel that Free is always better than Not, but I gotta be able to take part in the book physically.
Sorry, guess I just feel like whining, prompted by my fear of the loss of physical media. I just brought this up with my night nurse and we are in agreement that we will die if used bookstores go by the wayside. I want to always be able to wander around and smell old books, it's so crucial. The weird owners with their cats... the search for a gem in the endless, haphazard stacks... I don't know what I'll do without it.
and still share an enormous love for a real book. The smell of a new book is the best smell to many people, myself included. I'll never completely stop buying them, but I did receive a Nook from the bf. And it is a wonderful, wonderful thing. You can discover tons of authors you never heard of for free, or less than $5.
Favorite series- I'll continue to buy in physical books. New/random authors, cheap deals are a great way to use the ereader.
when you see only the darkness, know the light will soon return
This message last edited by Jessie on 22/04/2011 at 09:21:00 PM
I hate to come back to that now-ubiquitous point of contention. . .
- 21/04/2011 08:53:52 AM
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It costs a little over £6 at abebooks
- 21/04/2011 10:21:29 AM
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Why is it figuring pounds if it's from a seller in New Mexico?
- 21/04/2011 11:12:05 AM
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Because I use the British site
- 21/04/2011 11:33:50 AM
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That's where I found my hardcover edition of Là-bas by Huysmans.
- 21/04/2011 07:31:38 PM
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I'm looking for this book.
- 23/04/2011 05:14:41 AM
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Eh, I've been doing a bunch of ebook evangelizing, so what's one more post. 
- 21/04/2011 07:45:56 PM
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- 21/04/2011 07:45:56 PM
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You can save even more by not buying e-readers or books.
- 22/04/2011 01:37:38 AM
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I love being limited in my reading selection!
- 22/04/2011 02:47:36 AM
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- 22/04/2011 02:47:36 AM
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I haven't been to a library in a long time, but the thing that used to irk me about them. . .
- 22/04/2011 03:49:56 AM
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No joke, dude. I've been going to the Uni library here a lot in the last year or two.
- 22/04/2011 07:30:53 AM
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I love Kindles.
- 22/04/2011 05:12:29 PM
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Other than their locked-down format support, Kindles are great, yeah. 
- 22/04/2011 05:41:31 PM
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- 22/04/2011 05:41:31 PM
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By the way. . .
- 21/04/2011 10:45:47 PM
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I felt the same way. . .
- 22/04/2011 09:20:29 PM
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