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« Reply #25 on: January 27, 2012, 09:00:05 PM » |
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Absolutely! I am a teacher and as soon as I was gifted my first Kindle, I dug out all of the great books I was afraid of losing and they became a part of my lending library in my classroom. I also purchased e-copies of books that I was too impatient to wait for my wife to finish reading. Just a thought, there are a great deal of people donating their hard copy books to local libraries. If you have two copies of something (for some reason I seem to have seven copies of Catcher in the Rye at any given time) I'm sure that your friendly neighborhood middle and high school English teachers/librarians would be happy to receive those as well!  |
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« Reply #26 on: January 27, 2012, 09:15:33 PM » |
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I never buy the same book twice, so no.
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« Reply #27 on: January 27, 2012, 09:36:27 PM » |
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I've done it, but not for me. So I could gift them to other people.
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« Reply #28 on: January 28, 2012, 09:54:04 PM » |
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Yes - I've bought the entire Belgariad and Mallorean series by David Eddings (10 books) as the hard copies take up so much space and the books are getting a bit dog-eared now. The problem is I can't quite bring myself to dispose of the books yet! Old habits die hard I suppose...
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« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2012, 11:42:58 PM » |
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I am loving David Weber's Safehold series, my first Kindle purchase was the latest "How Firm a Foundation". But before reading a new book in a series I go back and reread the previous one. As he has said there will probably be 3 more books I'm considering purchasing the Kindle versions.
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« Reply #30 on: January 29, 2012, 11:44:22 PM » |
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Definitely. A lot of the classics, like Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice and others are on my Kindle as well as sitting on my book shelf... but those are free and the thread title was 'bought', so I had a look, and - yes - I've bought a few horse books which are also on my book shelf as well as a few history books.
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« Reply #31 on: January 30, 2012, 12:34:17 AM » |
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I haven't purchased a Kindle ebook that I already owned in paper format, but I have accidentally purchased two copies of the same ebook for my Kindle. I didn't realize that I had already purchased the ebook from Smashwords before I bought it at Amazon.  Oh, well. Fortunately, I did enjoy the book, so it was worth the few extra dollars. |
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« Reply #32 on: February 08, 2012, 05:20:10 PM » |
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Yup. A few Dean Koontz novels and Captive by Brenda Joyce. False Memory by Koontz is one of my favorites. Had to have it on my Kindle |
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« Reply #33 on: February 08, 2012, 06:20:48 PM » |
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Yes, but only because I couldn't find the physical copy.
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« Reply #34 on: February 14, 2012, 08:16:35 PM » |
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I understand it's not economically (or legally) feasible to do this, but I've always thought it would be cool if Amazon let you put Digital copies of the physical books you've bought from them on your kindle. After all, we weren't punished for all those years of buying CDs (which can be burned onto an iPod), but all that buying of physical copies of books from Amazon turned out not to be the best move.
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« Reply #35 on: February 18, 2012, 05:46:27 PM » |
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I've bought a couple, though not many. Mostly books that I hadn't gotten around to reading, though I also got some that I knew I'd like to read again.
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« Reply #36 on: February 18, 2012, 11:03:26 PM » |
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No, I haven't purchased any books that I already own a physical copy of. When I went through my DTB storage bins after I got my Kindle, I kept my favorite books and donated everything else. I figure if I ever want to read those favorites again, I can read the DTB versions rather than spend the money on the ebook versions.
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« Reply #37 on: February 19, 2012, 07:50:03 AM » |
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Our teens got Kindles for Xmas and the first thing they did was to see which of their school textbooks could be (affordably) downloaded. As far as we were concerned, that meant the Kindle purchases had already paid off. Now they don't have to lug all of their insanely heavy textbooks back and forth to school, and the books are always accessible, so no excuses! I've always said they needed a sherpa to carry their backpacks; texts these days are just huge. So get your kids a Kindle and save a trip to the chiropracter!
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« Reply #38 on: February 19, 2012, 08:23:57 AM » |
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Yes I do! I have many author friends and buy their ebook when it comes out on Kindle to read ahead of time, then attend their book launches and purchase the paperback there to sign.
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« Reply #39 on: February 19, 2012, 08:28:21 AM » |
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There are some series or authors that I re-read; I am gradually accumulating those so that I can have them with me when the mood strikes. In most cases, I'm getting rid of the paper books. Slowly our in-home library is becoming nonfiction and reference rather than the tons of fiction I kept around. Saves room, for sure.
Specifically, I'm getting the JDRobb "In Death" series, Lee Child, Robert Parker and Dick Frances. I have the Narnia series and the Crystal Singer series--got them for cheap soon after I bought my Kindle. There are probably a few others. It's just convenience to have my favorites with me.
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« Reply #40 on: February 19, 2012, 09:30:00 AM » |
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Nope. One or the other, but never both. Just seems unnecessary to me. There are no books that I own that I'll one day feel the urge to read so badly that I can't wait to get home and grab the paperback
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« Reply #41 on: February 19, 2012, 10:39:30 AM » |
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Yes. Some classics I hope to reread at some point but really want to get rid of all those half-decayed paperbacks on the back shelves. And some favorites for traveling, that I can actually read on my iPod Touch as well.
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« Reply #42 on: February 19, 2012, 11:02:31 AM » |
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I think there were one or two that I already had in paper but became available as a bargain or temporarily free ebook. . . .so I got the ebook and donated the paper one.
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« Reply #43 on: February 20, 2012, 09:05:02 AM » |
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Nope. One or the other, but never both. Just seems unnecessary to me. There are no books that I own that I'll one day feel the urge to read so badly that I can't wait to get home and grab the paperback
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« Reply #44 on: February 20, 2012, 04:32:12 PM » |
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I've done this quite a few times. Generally I do this when purchasing eBooks to replace favorite books I've donated.
On a few occasions I've purchased a book on iBooks not realizing I already purchased it on my Kindle. This is when I still trying to decide which was a favored eBook platform. I've since moved to nothing by Kindle.
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« Reply #45 on: February 20, 2012, 04:58:30 PM » |
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I bought ebooks for all the paper books I had, then donated the paper books. The only paper books I have left are some non-fiction not available as ebooks.
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« Reply #46 on: February 20, 2012, 08:51:56 PM » |
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Of course. I don't want to have to take a favorite book on the plane if I can help it. Same with to work. Books get extremely filthy at work and a kindle is easier to clean.
I have some filthy books I'd rather read on the Kindle, too. (Wait...that wasn't what you meant. Sorry!) I recently re-purchased I Am Legend and The Incredible Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson because they were on sale and my tatty old paperbacks are stuck in a box somewhere in the attic. |
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« Reply #47 on: February 20, 2012, 10:34:20 PM » |
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Frequently. And again just a few days ago when Vintage released US edition ebooks (finally!) of Somerset Maugham's Cakes and Ale and A Writer's Notebook (The Narrow Corner and Skeptical Romancer are in the wishlist). Eventually I'll replace the U of Chicago Press issues of Richard Stark's Parker novels; ditto the New York Review Books Simenon titles.
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« Reply #48 on: February 21, 2012, 06:50:53 AM » |
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Yes I have.
Once you get used to the convenience of Kindle- the old chunks of paper just seem awkward.
I have a large (now unfortunate ) investment in physical books so I do my best to be extremely selective with digital repurchases.
Happy eReading,
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« Reply #49 on: February 23, 2012, 08:45:40 AM » |
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I had a hardcover (in slip case) of Henry Murger's La vie de Boheme (in English) that I read but didn't really like because of the lumpish illustrations. It was a relief to get it as an ebook (no pictures) and donate the DTB to a charity shop. I also replicated my small-print 4-volume set of The Spectator as a free ebook, simply to have the easy-reading larger type.
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