Paperback: $10.19
Borders: $14.99
For a difference of 32 cents, I can have a paper copy to hold in my hands ..in 2 days. I love Amazon and no matter how sad I am to see bookstores close around me, I'm still inclined to buy with 1-click ordering. But Kindle version?! I thought it'd be significantly cheaper than its printed equal. I can't think that more people are choosing wirelessly-sent texts over the real thing.
Remember the part in beauty and the beast where he surprises belle with a room full of books? SO great. I'd fall in love with a beast too.
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what dr. mohler has to say about disappearing bookstores
cant get a kindle edition used either!
ReplyDeletei dont think the world understands yet what the consequences & implications are of going fully digital. uncharted territories are sometimes a bit dangerous.
i like both worlds..
ReplyDeletei like the feeling of a real book, and i like the fact that i can borrow and lend from/to friends. and for something like a book club it's a lot easier with the physical book. but i have way too many books lying around which takes up a lot of space.
i mostly read free books on my kindle, amazon has a few new ones every week and a few of them are usually good. plus all the classics are free. the kindle is awesome for traveling, i can carry my entire collection with me and can usually finish a couple of books on plane rides...
i agree with lkc though about the implications of digital books and drm, so if i actually spend money to buy the book, like 90% of the time i still buy the paperback...