Do I have a library made up of thousands of books or do I have a library made up of a couple dozen? I suppose it depends on what you count as a book. It has been many years—at least 15, I think—since I decided to go all-in with ebooks, a decision I have stuck with. Today I’ve got 20 or 30 printed books in my collection and many thousands in electronic formats.
So far I have not had any significant regrets. I may have the occasional wistful thought about the feel or smell of a hardcover book, but they quickly dispel when I sit on a plane, take out my iPad, and have access to every book I own at 30,000 feet in the air. They dispel when I consider that I live in a small house and simply don’t have the space for a substantial library. And they dispel as well when I consider the price difference between a book printed on paper and a book that takes no physical form (not to mention the vast number of books I’ve been able to acquire for no more than a couple of dollars through
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