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TreasonousBastard

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12. One lsst thought.. I move around a lot and the time I...

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Original post)

Mon May 30, 2022, 07:41 PM

May 2022

realized that 6 8 foot shelves of books didn't move so easily, I rediscovered Dropbox, Evernote, and cloud storage. CDs and thumb drives, too. Pretty much everyone was selling the digital books I couldn't download from Gutenberg and other free sites.

And then there's audiobooks...

A real book is pteferable, but 20 or 30 books in a Nook, along with newspaper and magazine subscriptions, was really too much to argue with.

Think of the trees, too.

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the reason why i brought the book question up ( ho wmany du members read books [View all] AllaN01Bear May 2022 OP

I beg to differ. grumpyduck May 2022 #1

True in my part of NY, too. Something about coasts, maybe? TreasonousBastard May 2022 #2

Or an age-related thing? grumpyduck May 2022 #3

According to my phone (and me too), you are correct! dameatball May 2022 #4

Read books in Northern California. Polly Hennessey May 2022 #5

Was reading Monuments Men today and mikeysnot May 2022 #6

Does a book a day count? niyad May 2022 #7

yeppers . AllaN01Bear May 2022 #9

Same here. I would pick up the books (pre-ordered and paid) at the midnight parties niyad May 2022 #11

I can't stand to read large documents off a screen. eppur_se_muova May 2022 #8

Especially journal articles arranged in columns... 3catwoman3 May 2022 #14

No one but those that love to read. GoldandSilver May 2022 #10

One lsst thought.. I move around a lot and the time I... TreasonousBastard May 2022 #12

I read about ten books a month these days. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2022 #13

I read a ton of novels. All on my Kobo. My eyes are not what they used to be. With an ereader I can retread May 2022 #15

Libraries TuxedoKat May 2022 #16