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If you were rich enough would you have both versions

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If you had a lot of money would you have all of your books on an e-reader and in hard/paperback/physical copy?
does anyone do this already? If you do what makes it worth it? (i think it's a pretty cool idea, i'd like to see the volume of space all of the books i've read takes up)
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I probably would still only purchase hard copies of ones I really wanted to keep, and leave the other stuff in digital form. Then again, if I were that rich, I wouldn't read so much crap. I only read the cheap self-pubbed stuff now because I can't afford the books I really want to read.
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I would. I love reading the physical copies of books but I commute and am away from home a lot so carrying a book with me adds to what I already have. Yes, I have always done this and still do sometimes, however, most of the time I am reading 2 -5 books all at the same time and carrying all of them with me is too cumbersome. That is where a portable e-reader comes in handy. It fits in my purse, computer bag, or brief and allows me to easily carry over 1500 books everywhere. Now the only books I have to individually carry are those not in e-reader format yet. Also, I love to discover new authors and it is much easier to do that with an e-reader. Another reason is that my spouse has for years told me that I have way too many books on shelves at home as it is. With my e-readers he has no idea how many books I really have because he does not have to look at them or walk around them all the time. (and I don't add to my shelves as often now.) I currently use the Kindle (keyboard and laptop readers) and Calibre as well as a pdf reader on my laptops.
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If I were rich enough, I would definitely have both versions; a paperback and an ebook version. I actually do have a few books that I have both versions of. I love those books too much that I actually brought an ebook of it so that I can reread it over and over when I'm at school.
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In that case, I would definitely buy both versions.
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I'd never really thought about this before, but yes. I've always thought if money were no object it would be great to have a library, thousands and thousands of books. But yes, then with duplicates and more on an e-reader.
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JessiAnne26 wrote:If you had a lot of money would you have all of your books on an e-reader and in hard/paperback/physical copy?
does anyone do this already? If you do what makes it worth it? (i think it's a pretty cool idea, i'd like to see the volume of space all of the books i've read takes up)
That's one of things on my imaginary to-do list when I (hypothetically) win the lottery. I would totally back-up all my physical books on an e-reader and for the books I REALLY love, I would purchase the 1st edition hardcover. Ahh... it's nice to dream, yes? :)
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No, I think that I would still choose only one. Many books are still only available in one form or the other. If I had a choice it would depend on when and how I wanted to read it.

Since I get most of my books from the library I have found that often one form is overlooked. An e-book may have a long waiting list while the paper or audio form is available to check out today. Sometimes it goes the other way and the paper book has the long waiting list. I try to find all the options and choose the shortest.

I don't buy e-books that I want to keep because I am not convinced that the technology is good enough to allow me to keep an e-book long term. (Info that was stored on disk 20 years ago is now useless, but books from that time are still readable.)
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Not all my books. Some paper books are special because of sentimental reasons like who gave them to me, and I have no wish to read them on my kindle. And there are quite a few ebooks that I am happy to keep that way to save space.
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Yes, that would be awesome. I would need a bigger place to live, though.
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I have an ereader but don't use it much. I prefer the hard copy of a book. If I really enjoyed a series on my ereader, I might buy the physical copy. But if I just kind of liked it, I wouldn't bother.
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Only a few selected books. But most, no.
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I would probably no longer get ebooks except for those for review, if I had the money to purchase physical copies. Although I do occasionally buy hard copies of books I've read in eformat, I usually wait until I can find it on Amazon for a penny + ship or if I stumble across it at a book sale, unless it's something absolutely amazing and I have to have a copy of it for my shelf.
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As much as I love being around books, I would probably have both formats. I don't buy many regular books anymore, but I still love to browse around the bookstores.
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I definitely would. I back up all my ebooks in 2 separate hard drives and memory cards cause I hate for one to be corrupted. I like to reread them when I'm not in the mood to read new ones. If I have the money I would buy all the books I like and not worry if it would be deleted or corrupted.
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