All my life I wanted to live somewhere with lots and lots of #books. Imagine a used book store, that's how I dreamed my future home would be.
Now I have a kindle and I love it but... it kinda destroyed that dream. How to justify buying that amount of physical books if the ebook versions are easier to read, cheaper and convenient to carry around?
*sigh*
@jason That's a good plan! I have been slowly doing that with a couple of favorites, maybe I should try to be less stingy about getting more.
@toooldforfandom Remember when in 2009 Amazon deleted 1984 from all devices?
@kondziu While I find that absolutely horrible it still is incredibly more practical to read on the Kindle. Nothing that using Calibre doesn't solve though!
@toooldforfandom My home has 3 rooms dedicated to books, plus books almost everywhere else. Had to go Kindle or upgrade to a bigger house.
The thing about dreams is they don't hold up well next to reality. But reality is often more awesome.
@mwlucas Three rooms dedicated to books sounds amazing though!
But I don't envy you if you ever plan to move. When I was a kid I remember my parents having to pack their books and since they are so dense it was an ordeal from beginning to end!
@toooldforfandom Moving? A total nightmare.
@toooldforfandom I've struggled with that too, especially since I got rid of almost all of my belongings. Here's the plan I came up with for myself: I'll keep reading primarily on the Kindle (thank you, library!), then I'll buy paper copies of only the books I'd want in my own library, reference books or those I'll read again. I'm excited to get moving in that direction!