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Old March 21st 17, 11:22 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:59:38 -0400, "Mayayana"
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| Looks like BluRay is fading away.
|
| Probably along with all forms of solid media.

Maybe. But that's what they said about books. Turned
out a lot of people like to have an actual book to read
and don't see any bargain in paying 50% of the cost
of the book to get nothing but rental access to a digital
version.



Leaving aside the price, I greatly prefer Kindle books for three
reasons:

1. I can easily take umpteen books with me when I travel. I take them
on my smart phone. If they were real books, I would have a giant
problem with weight and space in my luggage.

2. Built into the Kindle app are multiple dictionaries and other
reference sources--different languages, slang, wikipedia, etc. I can
quickly and easily get to any of them as needed.

3. I can quickly and easily go back to reread something on a page long
gone by. A search gets me there with no trouble.

And since I can get Kindle books from the local library, price is
seldom a consideration.

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