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comment by SomeHipster
SomeHipster  ·  4133 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Print books face their final chapter.

I've spent a year now with my kindle fire and I have to say, it's just not for me. Now, don't get me wrong, it's a great tablet and is nice for taking a lot of reading material to places where it would otherwise be unreasonable, but the feeling just isn't there. I realize I might be being a bit sentimental but I get attached to my books. Each one has memories and it's just not the same with a digital file on a computer screen. Another thing is that nothing beats looking at your bookshelf and knowing that, as long as you take care of them, those books will be with you for a very long time. Your favorite books could last so long that your children, or even your grandchildren, could pick them up.