OK, the title is a little bit of a tease, but does fit the topic, I swear. For the longest time, I was strictly a physical book person. I needed the tactile experience of turning pages and holding the book in my hands. Gradually, I started reading eBooks (around the time I bought my first iPad) and would read things with Apple Books or the Nook App from Barnes & Noble. This opened up so much more for me in terms of reading, especially on vacations and trips, as I now did not need to dedicate luggage space to carrying multiple books (since one was never enough). This is also around the time I started dipping my toes into audiobooks. And finding out about Overdrive/Libby and how I could check out library books as eBooks, making it easier for me to use the library as a resource and not have to actually go there to check out and return books. I could do it all through an app on my phone/tablet.
But I still like having a physical book. There is something about being able to see shelves full of stories. I love going to bookstores and finding new books to read. However, in order for me to read all the books that I have been lately (thanks KU), eBooks have quickly become my format of choice. It helps me read faster and in more places. Have a few free minutes? Here, let me read on my phone in line.
What I’ve turned to doing recently is looking for all of the books I own physical copies of in the Libby app to see if my library has them. If it is available, I put it on my Libby TBR, and then when I have time/when the book is available, I read it as an eBook (even easier now that I learned how to send Libby books to my Kindle). This way I can keep my physical copy, but read the book in the format that is easiest for me to consume.
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