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unclutterI made a first crack at the massive paper backlog and recycled two grocery bags full...and in the process found an uncashed check (!) from last November. So that was nice. Hopefully the second crack will reduce the paper mounds further.
Like a lot of people in this comm, I also have a bit of a book problem. I'm doing better, but books still take up an awful lot of space for us. I could reduce the book space significantly if I replaced most of my fiction collection and part (probably not a very large part) of my nonfiction collection with ebooks...but while I own an ereader (a slightly older Sony), I don't use it much except while traveling. It's not the current generation of eInk, and I don't really like the gray-on-gray screen. It only charges while plugged into my computer, and only while my computer is open...which means not overnight. I forget to charge it. I forget to sync files.
I'm trying to decide whether it might be worth investing in a newer ereader, since the current generation of eInk seems to be much higher contrast, closer to paper (is this true?)...but then I'm not entirely sure that the ereader is my own block against using ebooks for pleasure reading. I do tend to flip around in books; I also read a lot in the bath. I find paper books more comfortable to hold. So maybe I'm hopeless and will never make a switch unless forced...
...but I could free up so much shelf space. Any thoughts?
Like a lot of people in this comm, I also have a bit of a book problem. I'm doing better, but books still take up an awful lot of space for us. I could reduce the book space significantly if I replaced most of my fiction collection and part (probably not a very large part) of my nonfiction collection with ebooks...but while I own an ereader (a slightly older Sony), I don't use it much except while traveling. It's not the current generation of eInk, and I don't really like the gray-on-gray screen. It only charges while plugged into my computer, and only while my computer is open...which means not overnight. I forget to charge it. I forget to sync files.
I'm trying to decide whether it might be worth investing in a newer ereader, since the current generation of eInk seems to be much higher contrast, closer to paper (is this true?)...but then I'm not entirely sure that the ereader is my own block against using ebooks for pleasure reading. I do tend to flip around in books; I also read a lot in the bath. I find paper books more comfortable to hold. So maybe I'm hopeless and will never make a switch unless forced...
...but I could free up so much shelf space. Any thoughts?
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Date: 2012-02-03 04:05 pm (UTC)I have noticed that it's made it a lot easier to get books and get rid of the ones that I only read once but didn't want to get rid of in case I wanted to read again.
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Date: 2012-02-03 04:51 pm (UTC)Yeah, I think that would be true for me to some extent, although I am not terribly inclined to buy full-price ebooks on impulse.