I'm probably one of the few who will acknowledge that I do download ebooks at times. For me, if the contents of the books are appealing to me then I will buy the paperbook regardless of the fact that I've already read it. Can't really say I don't support my favourite author by not buying her books.Some books,that I bought looked really interesting so I bought it, but when I go home and look at it, I realize that theres really nothing in it worth buying so there goes my money. Also, it's not a problem of being kedekut or not. Books are more expensive here than they are over there. Of course people over there don't mind paying $20 for a hardcover. Heck, if a hardcover costs 20ringgit here also I don't mind buying.
Again, to me if I think the book is good, I will buy it even though I've read it regardless of where I first read it,whether I d/led or borrowed from a friend or library( library here is really bad. Nothing worth going there for leisure reading. Over there, the library will get newly released books and people will line up and have a queuing order to borrow. Their text are also uptodate)

Nah, people I talked to still buy their ebooks from ebooks retailer. And more and more authors are also releasing ebook formats at the same time as their paperbook release. But then most of them I talked to are from the US and they are more advanced in using ebook reader compared to us. Plus 7bucks to them isn't that expensive.

ya lah still nice to hold the book and rifle through the pages yourself. But ebooks enthusiast will argue that it saves paper thus the environment plus cheaper depending where you buy it from in the net.

This post has been edited by urahara_shoten: Oct 22 2009, 10:49 AM

you know ,mobipocket.com offers free software download. You can install an ebook reader on your smartphone and put your ebooks there. Depending on your screen size it might be a strain on your eyes. But if you're stuck somewhere and have nothing to do, reading from your mobile could take a bit edge off your boringness. No need to bring bulky book or ebook , what I hate about carrying books is that it usually gets smooshed in my bag and I go 'my book!!!!' everytime the cover is dented or gets folded . I hate it when my books gets injured