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pbray ([personal profile] pbray) wrote2010-06-21 12:41 pm

Does size matter?

When I was packing for last week's vacation, picking clothes was the easy part. Picking which books to bring involved a considerable dilemma.

The next book in my TBR stack was THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS' NEST. If I'd been taking a car vacation I would have brought it, but I couldn't quite convince myself to bring it on a plane trip. My carry-on was heavy enough, and it didn't make sense to pack this book in my suitcase and then start reading a mass market paperback on the plane.

If we'd gone near a bookstore in Florida I would likely have given in and bought a second copy of it, knowing I could always pawn a copy off on a friend, but turned out there was no reading time on this trip other than the plane flights, so in the end it probably worked out for the best.

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[identity profile] karen-w-newton.livejournal.com 2010-06-21 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Vacation time is when eReaders come into their own. Hardcover schmardcover! My ebook library weighs less than 12 oz.

[identity profile] pbray.livejournal.com 2010-06-22 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Traveling is the only time that e-readers tempt me. I still prefer the experience of reading a physical book but the convenience of not packing pounds of reading matter is tempting.