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Re:How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read by hessenwolf on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @03:29AM (#4416405)
For me, cost per hour of involvment cost, game < book << dvd, sometimes with the double angle brackets on the left and sometimes not on the right. However, I don't re-read novels, and only re-skim technicals.
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Re:How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read by eikaterine on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @04:32AM (#4416510)
If you never reread something, I'd argue the best route for you is a library, as opposed to buying. Especially now that some of them even lend e-books.
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Re:How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read by tjr on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @09:29AM (#4417208)
Most books I own, I have never seen in any library near me. I'm sure this varies from region to region, but I stopped getting much value from the public library in high school, and started collecting my own. Even my university library where I went to school, with its plethora of fascinating books, has little overlap with the shelves in my house.
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Re:How Paperbacks Transformed the Way Americans Read by ams6110 on Wednesday August 22, 2012 @07:20AM (#4416793)
Books I really like I re-read many times. But for the most part I agree, probably 80% or more get read only once.

Reference type books I will use a lot, I still prefer paper books over reading on a screen for anything more than quick lookups.

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