As days pass, I can think of more and more reasons why I am leaning closer to e-books.
Just yesterday, I came across this article
http://designtaxi.com/news/352828/Perfume-That-Lets-You-Smell-Like-Books/
Now we, book lovers, can't play our "Oh I like to smell my books" card, can we?
Another, bigger reason, is the seemingly endless wait for a book to arrive. Yes, yes, I know I can always buy books directly from the store, but recently I was longing to read a book that has been out of print for a long time and only a few copies of which exist. Obviously this book does not yet exist in an e-book version, otherwise a click would have saved me a lot of heartache.
I also do not like buying used books online. Buying them in person is preferable. So the only place I ended up finding a 'new' copy was at Amazon. I gave in and also signed up for "Amazon Prime" to have it shipped to me as soon as possible.
What did I get?
'Free' shipping by a company named Lasership (!?), a sense of euphoria, after my two day shipping turned into a one day shipping (which at one point I thought was completely misleading) and then there I was at the end of the workday still waiting for my book. And it was almost time to go home......
So, you can only imagine the speed with which I leapt out of my chair when the email pop-up from the front-desk notified me that my package had arrived. I did not even bother to read it's contents, the title was enough!
And so presenting my latest read..
Now I only hope it is as good as the reviews make it out to be!
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