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  • July 24, 2013 at 2:28 am
    Amanda
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    Hi Ladies, I am using Ambleside as a guide and have literally spent hours looking up all the books they recommend. I spent hours in the library today also. I am a book lover and dream of having my own library with ladders BUT while I would love to purchase every book (hardcover at that! LOL) I just can’t. So, I’m interested to know what you do? How do you decide what to purchase and what to read online? I do not own a tablet nor a Kindle and just the thought of sitting at the computer to read with my DS doesn’t give me that same cozy feeling of cuddling up with a book, lol…I definitely want to purchase literature/poetry/classics, especiallly in hardcover but what about all the history books, like Fifty Stories Retold, Great American Stories, the D’Aulaire series?

    July 24, 2013 at 2:32 am
    apsews
    Member

    I have gotten so many classics at goodwill and other thrift stores for $.25-$2.00 also check abebooks.com I am finding some that I need there also. HTH

    July 24, 2013 at 4:22 am
    my3boys
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    I use a combination of online books (I read Heritage History straight from the my laptop with no problems), purchased books from library sales, thrift stores, amazon/abebooks, kindle, and an app for my kindle on the pc (you could get the app for your pc and get lots of books from amazon). Having options is a great thing when it comes to books, IMHO.  It’s been great to not have to purchase every single book, but still get it read and enjoy it.

    I love real books, paper an’ all, but I have come to love my kindle and iphone.  I read to myself and/or my boys from my phone all the time.  Night time is great for that when everyone is watching a movie and I can read in the dark 🙂

    Paperbackswap.com is a favorite of mine, as well.

    HTH

     

     

    July 24, 2013 at 11:30 am
    pslively
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    I have to say that I definitely prefer real books. If I know its a book that we will read over and over, I try to purchase the book. If its something we’re going to read for school, and probably never again, I go with the eBook. One thing to keep in mind is that its not good for your eyes to be reading from a computer screen for long periods of time. If you are going to get a lot of ebooks, it would be good to invest in a $69 kindle if you can. These designated ereaders have a different type of screen (e-ink or paperwhite) that doesn’t hurt your eyes.

    July 24, 2013 at 11:45 am
    Kayla
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    I am having the same problem. I am planning to follow AO and 90% of the books are free online. I do not have an e-reader yet so I have been downloading to my kindle cloud. I am also buying books at thrift stores and used book stores. My plan is to have all them available on the kindle (I can’t decide which one) and if I can get a library or thrift store cope for a good price I will do that. I prefer real books of electronic. But I live in a 1200 sq ft house and one of our 3 bedrooms in my husbands office/ my alterations area and baby room so space is a major issue. We just can’t store ALL of the amazing books. I love encouraging my children to look at books though, if you are bored go read, or go play outside, the tv will not be on all day. And you must have real books to read if I want them to just pick up books o read.

    July 24, 2013 at 12:06 pm
    Karen
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    I buy real books for the books I love and really want.  I’ve heard that owners of ebooks have few rights – for example, Amazon could conceivably kill your cloud and you’d have nothing.  Or “they” (those mean, unknown people!) could decide that you can only “own” a certain number of ebooks or certain kinds or….whatever.  Right now the laws regarding copyright and electronic media are vague and spongy.

    Personally, I’m trying to get “hard” copies of all the great books I can store.  I download ebooks to my computer, then to my kindle (we don’t have wireless and I don’t turn on my kindle in places that do have wireless), in hopes of keeping my kindle collection MINE.  

    I know that all sounds a bit “Conspiracy Theorist” and crazy, but I htink the laws are vague enough that we, as consumers, need to take precautions until things are worked out.

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