The Problems of the Future
Aug. 8th, 2012 08:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
missroseroseSo there's a new book out I'd like to read.
I'm on a pretty tight budget this month.
I could pirate a copy, but given that [a] I'm not really in a socioeconomic position to justify depriving the author of royalties, and [b] I've got plenty of stuff to read in the interim, I'm okay with waiting to read it until I have enough money to purchase it outright.
Of course, that leads to the question of whether to purchase the paper version or Nook version. I've had one version or another of the Nook for years now, and while the e-reader is wonderfully convenient, I just plain prefer paper books. Plus it's nice to feel like I'm getting something physical in return for my cash.
On the other hand, the book is only out in hardcover, which makes it a little more difficult to tote around. And my bookshelves are, not to put too fine a point on it, full to bursting.
What's my point? I don't have one, really, other than that I'm indecisive. And that I realize that I'm a pretty lucky person just to have this set of problems. :)
I'm on a pretty tight budget this month.
I could pirate a copy, but given that [a] I'm not really in a socioeconomic position to justify depriving the author of royalties, and [b] I've got plenty of stuff to read in the interim, I'm okay with waiting to read it until I have enough money to purchase it outright.
Of course, that leads to the question of whether to purchase the paper version or Nook version. I've had one version or another of the Nook for years now, and while the e-reader is wonderfully convenient, I just plain prefer paper books. Plus it's nice to feel like I'm getting something physical in return for my cash.
On the other hand, the book is only out in hardcover, which makes it a little more difficult to tote around. And my bookshelves are, not to put too fine a point on it, full to bursting.
What's my point? I don't have one, really, other than that I'm indecisive. And that I realize that I'm a pretty lucky person just to have this set of problems. :)
