I think we're going to bite the bullet and buy a pair of Nooks. Seems so logical, for a couple of voracious readers to conserve space on a boat by keeping our books in electronic form. Just like all our music is on an ipod and our cookbooks are in MasterCook files.
Here's the weird thing. I started exploring what features we want, prices, sources of free out-of-copyright books. We thought, what about waiting for holiday and post-holiday sales, this thing could be a popular Xmas present? Then I realized, why not now? Since we've been living on the boat, we generally live below our means. I haven't waited, saved up for something I want - think delayed gratification - for a long, long, time - because I haven't had to. I feel self-indulgent, like I've blown an opportunity to tone my moral fiber by saving and planning, but I don't know why I feel that way. We've got the guaranteed income/pensions, and savings accumulated through our working years that we haven't touched. It just feels very weird, especially in light of the current national conversation.
2 comments:
Robert and I share a Kindle and it totally makes sense for your space constraints! I haven't bought a book for it in awhile because I buy from the $1 shelf at work but Robert's been getting our money's worth out of it!
I'm leaning toward a Nook because I read that they can also read .pdf files that many out of copyright books have been re-released in. It's so encouraging to know other people who have e-readers feel they are getting their money's worth.
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