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Step 57Go Digital with books

Go Digital with books
Purchase E-books if you can, or attend a Used Book Sale to find books that are well...used.

If you see a book that is in print that is used, buy it. You will read it once, and sometimes throw it away.

Buy ebooks to reduce the printing of the books. Well, you can't actually reduce the printing, but the shipping of the books will be reduced, as well as price.
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Jul 15, 2011. 8:14 PMGrKe says:
This is just one I can't do. XD I hate reading on screens and I love books. The way they look, feel, and smell is just something you can't replicate. Plus you don't have to worry about loosing your library if it takes a bad fall or something.
Jul 22, 2010. 11:16 PMheaven11pa says:
well, i do support e-books, i got always free e-books , and i'm not reading it online, i just print it, it saves money and time though....
Sep 11, 2009. 11:58 AMfwater says:
Using electricity to read as opposed to just simply reading a book? Fail. Moving away from a millenia-old tradition. Fail #2. DVDs and CDs and their packaging are sometimes unrecyclable, and paper will always be. Congratulations, TRIPLE FAIL!
Jul 8, 2010. 5:07 PMcornbaque says:
actually, e-readers, on average (according to a research study, not a fabricated statistic), read almost twice as many books as people who read paper copies. i'm guessing it's due to the convenience factor. i'm a die-hard real book fan, but you can't deny that carrying around something thinner than my phone is more convenient that the hardbound copy of shakespeare's complete works i can barely fit under my arm...
Sep 29, 2009. 12:38 PMronmaggi says:
I like books, I also like the Kindle and Sony's e-book. I like the ability to have a library that I carry with me. They only use electricity to change the page. and what it uses to do so is very little.
Jan 7, 2009. 10:29 PMkisstheeclipse says:
Go to your local library!
Jul 28, 2009. 10:23 AMzique316 says:
Agreed...reading online would cause you to have your computer on...Libraries are an excellent source of information (and it gives the local communities some jobs)
Aug 5, 2009. 4:14 PMTommyhzy says:
YES! Exactly! Library!

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