A good friend bought me a Kobo e-reader for Christmas, and while at first I was adverse to the idea of electronic books (which is odd considering my own are only available in that format) I have to admit the format has grown on me.
I think my main former objection to e-readers was that I like to collect books. I like to have them on my shelf, in my library--but the truth is I have boxes of books in my basement that I haven't unpacked since the move before the last move before this move!
So what I've decided to do is to only buy hard copies of books by friends, and ebooks for everything else. (I have enough writer friends that I'm pretty sure that will still amount to a rather substantial library.)
Hopefully this will satisfy both my need to read, and collect, and clear out a little space in the basement for...um...a music room?
Published on February 12, 2012 08:08