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May. 21st, 2023 10:32 amThe vast majority of my reading these days happens via ebook - there's a wider range of them that I can access from my various libraries, they deliver themselves straight to me, I can carry multiple books with one device, I can take notes without my absurd but unshakable guilt about writing in books even if I own them. Ebooks are great and I love them.
However. Books I really love? I have to own those in print. Even if I already own an ebook copy! Even if I know I would prefer to reread the ebook copy the next time I read the book, because it will already have all my annotations from last time. Buying a print copy of the book feels like the only appropriate expression of my love. (Not usually a fancy print copy though - beyond ebooks, my preferred format is gently used paperbacks.)
Anyway. Despite having a perfectly good ebook copy that I'm enjoying very much, I have just ordered a physical copy of the Raffles stories. It can sit on the shelf next to all my Holmes stuff, as is only right and proper.
However. Books I really love? I have to own those in print. Even if I already own an ebook copy! Even if I know I would prefer to reread the ebook copy the next time I read the book, because it will already have all my annotations from last time. Buying a print copy of the book feels like the only appropriate expression of my love. (Not usually a fancy print copy though - beyond ebooks, my preferred format is gently used paperbacks.)
Anyway. Despite having a perfectly good ebook copy that I'm enjoying very much, I have just ordered a physical copy of the Raffles stories. It can sit on the shelf next to all my Holmes stuff, as is only right and proper.
