#ScribesAndMakers August 4. Reverse of last month's question: if e-books stopped being produced, how much would you miss them?
Weirdly, a lot. For someone who's continually trying to downsize (at my age, it's better to start getting rid of stuff now than to dump it on my poor nieces), ebooks let me read as much as I choose without accumulating more -things-. So going back to physical books means waiting on the library to open, and hoping they have something that fits my eclectic tastes...
J. Kathleen Cheney
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