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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I now blanch at the idea of spending money on digital music or video. I'll still fork out for CDs and DVDs though.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:02, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I use TV catchup services, Netflix, internet/car radio and the cinema
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:05, Reply)

( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:11, Reply)

I don't have an e-reader.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:15, Reply)

But since I got an e-reader and realised how easy it is to get books for free, I've become totally hooked. I don't physically have room in my house for the physical books I already own, let alone all the ones I have on my computer.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:16, Reply)

Horribly snobbish of me, probably. I've tried using an e-reader but it wasn't the same. Half the pleasure is in how tactile a book can be.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:18, Reply)

On my phone - much easier to take our with me when I go for a cigarette than a physical book.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:24, Reply)

they're just not for me, that's all.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:26, Reply)

It depends if you are the "read once give/throw away" type or if you like to keep books for further reading.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:18, Reply)

But using digital version means my horde takes up the same physical space as my music, video and comic collections.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:20, Reply)

Thank you.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:26, Reply)

sweeping across the steppes and conquering Russia. Your house must smell like horse, though. I don't like the smell of horse. Can I not come over for tea, please?
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:29, Reply)

e.g. for going on holiday and so on.
I just don't like the distinction between physical book (which you own) and ebook, which you technically only pay for a licence to read, which can be withdrawn - people have had Kindles remotely wiped by Amazon due to credit card problems they weren't even aware of, for example.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:25, Reply)

I also have a computer stuffed to the gills with non DRM epub versions of my books, so there is no licence issue.
Of course, if you were silly enough to actually pay amazon for the books ...
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:27, Reply)

and then you also have no licence issue.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:29, Reply)

The downside is that they can throw a wobbly and it'll lose me £100s.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:33, Reply)

Fuck me, I've had mine nearly six months and I don' think I've spent a tenner on it yet.
( , Wed 24 Apr 2013, 11:38, Reply)
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