Reply #9: What a relief that all the responders

[SheilaT]

read!

For those who complain about running out of space for books (I have that problem also) or the cost (ditto), there's an amazing secret I recently discovered: libraries.

To those with vision issues I offer my sincere sympathy. Okay, so it wouldn't be so terrible to need larger print(either large-type books or some electronic means), but if I ever lost vision to the point where I could no longer read (or crochet or embroider, I must add), I'd start considering an early exit.

Oh, and back to the reason I prefer the real thing: I often get books with pictures of some kind, either drawings and diagrams or photos, and I doubt they'd show up as well on the small screen. As it is, the difference between what the photos etc look like in the paperback version of a book compared to the ones in the full-sized hardback, can be significant.

Not to mention, as someone else has already pointed out, art books. I buy a lot of books on embroidery or crochet. I expect many of the patterns, especially the really fussy, fine patterns, would be less than easy to read or follow on a kindle.

But in praise of technology, I recently replace a printer that was at least five years old with a new printer/scanner/photocopier and I could not be more thrilled. Those crochet patterns? I photocopy whatever I'm currently working on so I don't have to drag around a huge book. Technology is wonderful.