Books SquareOffs

The libraries are indispensable! But, in our travels every town we'd come into it's the "used book stores" the boys would spend their money in. Lots of books for a buck then.

I buy. The only books I check out of the library are travel books for a spot where I am traveling to.

I like to borrow books from the library, but can’t always read them before they’re due. There’s often a hold on them when I try to renew. So I like to buy them used, and can read them at my own pace.

The problem is that they closed the store in LA Pine to create an office. For some reason a library is not a quiet area like it was when I was a kid. They are making a office into a quiet room..

E-books are more portable and environmentally friendly. I can carry many books within my e-reader and read them at any time or place.

I prefer the convenience and easy portability. Feel the same way about video and music (streaming vs. physical products).

I tend to binge read books and read while traveling. I can size the print and put them on my iPad, thus saving space, though I do miss the books in my den/library.

My eyes are not as good as they used to be and e-books allow me to listen to the books I like.

I prefer audio downloads, CDs, ebooks in that order. I've tried to get the library to get more downloads and CDs, but they don't seem to listen. It's much easier to have a book on a Kindle.