Ha, this is funny how people's preferences vary... as soon as I got my grubby little hands on an e-book the first time, I have not wanted to look back! And I don't even have any e-book reader - just a laptop with 'Kindle for PC' installed.
I read all ASOIAF books as e-books and found it preferable to real books.. Then again, I might have some background reasons: I have always used libraries a lot rather than bought my books, and consider books as 'transient in a physical sense anyway (here one day, gone the next). So in that sense e-books on my computer drive are more permanent for me to hold on than physical books.
And why I have never liked the idea of buying books has less to do with being frugal, but just that THEY TAKE SO MUCH SPACE! Having moved so many times in my life, just the idea of packing them and carting them along is too much... But that's just me - we all have our preferences...
I also like flying; overseas trip of 24-34 hours is breeze, and an uninterrupted flight of 12-16 hours is just a good chance to catch up on my reading, writing and latest movies... again, each to their own! :-)
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I read all ASOIAF books as e-books and found it preferable to real books.. Then again, I might have some background reasons: I have always used libraries a lot rather than bought my books, and consider books as 'transient in a physical sense anyway (here one day, gone the next). So in that sense e-books on my computer drive are more permanent for me to hold on than physical books.
And why I have never liked the idea of buying books has less to do with being frugal, but just that THEY TAKE SO MUCH SPACE! Having moved so many times in my life, just the idea of packing them and carting them along is too much... But that's just me - we all have our preferences...
I also like flying; overseas trip of 24-34 hours is breeze, and an uninterrupted flight of 12-16 hours is just a good chance to catch up on my reading, writing and latest movies... again, each to their own! :-)