Library or owning?
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Re: Library or owning?
- casual_reader32
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I hate buying a kindle book only to find out I dislike it. At least with a real book a person could pass it on to someone else or maybe sell it at a yard sale. With a kindle book it is just wasted money. So I only buy kindle books that I am already sure I am going to like it: authors I already know, maybe a series I already started or something that has come recommended to me from someone who knows my taste in reading.
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I love LOVE owning my own copies of books, but I simply haven't the money or the shelf space to be able to own every single book I would like to.
If it's a Tom Holt book, then I will definitely buy it as he's my favourite author and I know I'm sure to love it.
If it's a book by another author that I'm not as familiar with, then I borrow from the library.
My 9 year old daughter devours books as well, and at first I bought books galore for her, but now her bedroom is rapidly running out of room to house them all so we switched to the library for her as well as myself.
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I have given the library well over 100 of my hard copy books, most donations occurred when we moved to N.C.
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Also, I just like having books so I can force them on my friends and family - "Oh, you don't have time to go pick up this book that I demand you read? Well, here - borrow my copy!" Then they have to begrudgingly agree to take it. Works like a charm.