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Re:Amazon Has Drastically Changed the Way I Read by potatolicious on Friday December 30, 2011 @06:22PM (#3409531)
Even without the romanticism of reading, there's one thing I can't do with a Kindle book, that I greatly enjoy doing:

Lending it to other people.

It doesn't matter how many fucking awful Facebook plugins you write, there is nothing as convenient as "Have you read [X]? I have a copy, here, let me get it."

Until I can lend my Kindle books to people - with no restrictions, I will continue buying physical books.

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Re:Amazon Has Drastically Changed the Way I Read by wahnfrieden on Friday December 30, 2011 @06:26PM (#3409544)
To be fair, recommending a book to someone is easier now in a different way, with ebook readers. You can gift them the book or they can buy the book right there on their Kindle, without having to go to a store and locate a physical copy. This is part, though certainly not the entire appeal of being lent a book - reducing the friction of reading something you were recommended. It's just gotten more expensive to do this now.
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Re:Amazon Has Drastically Changed the Way I Read by jarek on Saturday December 31, 2011 @07:12PM (#3412276)
Infinitely more expensive.
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Re:Amazon Has Drastically Changed the Way I Read by chirayuk on Friday December 30, 2011 @08:22PM (#3409789)
Agreed. I might have considered putting up with that if the e-books were significantly cheaper. Then, I would just buy copies for family/friends. But this isn't the case and it's just simpler to read a book and give/mail it to family/friends.
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