Sorry if this idea has been discussed in other threads, I'm just curious.
So, for Christmas I got my Mom a Kindle (with every intention to use it for myself as well) and while showing her how to work it, I stumbled across Mr. Lee's inventory of available books for download. Right away I downloaded Lucifer's Lottery so that I could finish my Infernally Yours collection. I also used it to show her how to switch through pages and what not, and how to turn on the "read to me" function of Kindle.
Just now I purchased The Bighead and I plan to purchase more in the near future when I finish catching up with my other reading.
My question is: Do you feel that digital books/e-readers cheapen the whole experience of books? I know a lot of Mr. Lee's books are either out of print, or rare editions, and the like. For a lot of you here, it seems like that's half the fun of actually being able to read his books: the chase and adventure to find them. As with my purchase of The Bighead, I know I probably wouldn't be able to track it down in local shops anywhere or have it shipped to me without spending $$$, so I feel kind of dirty and cheap for opting out and buying it for the Kindle. It feels like I haven't really "earned" the right to read the book, or that I really "own" the book because it's not actually in my hands... it's in my e-reader.
What's everyone else take on the subject?
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). I do still prefer physical books though, and insist that I only have physical copies of Mr Lee's work because when the apocalypse hits and we're all living in caves and eating each others' babies/limbs/cats, I'm gonna need something to read to take my mind off all the carnage 