Comments on: Books and eBooks: Keep or Purge?

By: Meryl

Meryl — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:18:28 +0000

@Matthew, thanks for sharing how you manage your Kindle books. I am still trying to figure out what works for me… but so far, haven’t read a single book on it (blush).

By: Matthew Stibbe

Matthew Stibbe — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:52:22 +0000

I have a Kindle now and I’m just about to purge my paper book library of a bunch of stuff. It’s the big post-CD vinyl clear out again except that now you don’t actually have to buy the books in the new format until you actually need or want them. It’s enough to know they’re out there in Kindle-land. (Although in the UK not all the books I want are available – yet.)

As to whether I keep my ebooks on the Kindle after I read them. NO. I like my Kindle home page and my Kindle-for-iPhone home page to show books that I am currently reading. I can always re-download old books if I need them.
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By: Meryl

Meryl — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:00:02 +0000

@Sire, almost finished with a 500-pager and it’s great to feel that pages I’ve already read while I read the current page.

@Kendra, sounds like we have a similar keep or purge philosophy.

By: Kendra Bonnett

Kendra Bonnett — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:09:55 +0000

A little of both. I keep a lot of books, and my library is large. But I also give a lot of books to the little library in my town. I look forward to moving to an electronic pad of some sort. I just want the dust to settle on this new technology for a bit first.
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By: Sire

Sire — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:12:39 +0000

Cool, in that case I reckon I will stick with my books. I’m just going to pick up a few of my favorite and stroke the pages.
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By: Meryl

Meryl — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:13:26 +0000

@Reeta, that’s a problem I am facing. So far, I’ve yet to pay for a Kindle book. I’ve been downloading free classics and transferring PDFs I’ve had.

@Sire, Kindle does have a progress bar (like a Flash loader), but it’s not as satisfying as the thickness of the pages you’ve read so far.

By: Sire

Sire — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:50:44 +0000

Man I totally forgot about the pleasure of looking at the thickness of the pages I’ve read. Reckon Kindle could solve this by having a bar across the top or bottom that displays either the amount read or the amount left to read.
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By: Reeta Luthra | Stress and Health

Reeta Luthra | Stress and Health — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:50:27 +0000

It’s so interesting finding out people’s relationships with books.

I’m a keeper and have thousands of real ones – don’t think I could part with them!

I have brought ebooks (non-fiction PDF’s) but not a kindle – partly because I love the feel of real books and partly because screen-reading doesn’t give that special connection.

Sometimes of course, it would be handy to have a kindle, books are so heavy to pack when travelling but if I had a kindle, I know I’d be torn when deciding between purchasing a hard or soft copy.

Do people ever buy both I wonder?
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By: Meryl

Meryl — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:31:30 +0000

@Sire, it’d be interesting to know if anyone has dropped an eBook reader while falling asleep. Most of the time, I manage to put book on my chest and wake up enough to put away. Still love the pages and seeing how far I’ve read by the thickness of the pages left behind.

@Joanna, I like the idea of paying it forward to the right places. Most of the time, I donate my books to charity that picks up clothes and other things. I should be more mindful of where they go depending on the genre.

@Thursday, funny you talk about partly picking your house because it’s walking distance to library. When we looked for houses, I tried to go for one near a library (I grew up two blocks from one) and it didn’t work out. What do you know? The city built one about a mile from me. Easy bike ride or good jogging workout.

By: Meryl

Meryl — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:27:25 +0000

@Anne, great idea on the Amazon boxes… of course, you need to buy something to get them and hope the boxes are big enough (they usually are way too big for the item). eBook reader is a fun gadget, but still picking pBooks over eBooks.

@JD, that’s a great principle and it works for many, many things — books included!

@Lillie, I never considered how great eBook readers are for those who need large print. We always had to get large print for my grandmother. But thinking about it… she read most of the popular books. So I imagine many of the books on my shelf would not come in large print. Thanks for sharing your story!