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[quote=Anonymous]I like being able to write notes with a pen in a regular book.  I like seeing a dog-eared book and knowing that I really thoroughly read that.

On the other hand, I finally saw Les Miserables when it was in town and I got the 1400 page book for free on Kindle (I'm guessing there's no copyright on that anymore!) and whenever I come across an obscure reference (which is, like, every other page given how little I know of French history), I can just hold my finger on the word, select it, and go to wikipedia or elsewhere on the web and find out what it means. For example, a reference to a Faubourg Sainte Germaine group of people in a small town apparently is based on an "old money" aristocratic snooty neighborhood on the Left Bank in Paris in the 1700s. No way I would have ever looked that up if I were reading that book in hard copy!

And I downloaded a teen fiction book for the kid I tutor.  I didn't have to go looking for it or order it or plan ahead.  And it's so easy to pick up more from the same author.  The convenience is what I like![/quote]

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