Comments on: Saturday Roundup - More book swapping http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/04/saturday-roundup-more-book-swapping.html Financial independence, frugality, self-sufficiency, ecology, capitalism, and voluntary simplicity Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:22:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steve Austin http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/04/saturday-roundup-more-book-swapping.html/comment-page-1#comment-932 Steve Austin Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:11:58 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=195#comment-932 The pain and tedium of the process forces one to make prudent, efficient -- and often hard -- choices; all in the name of minimal storage and light traveling. It's worth it for me. I have scanned a total of about 10 books out of the 400+ that I have since unloaded. I'll imagine for now that Graham and Dodd won't mind that I'm occasionally referencing their 1940 masterpiece from an inappropriately obtained PDF scan. The pain and tedium of the process forces one to make prudent, efficient — and often hard — choices; all in the name of minimal storage and light traveling. It’s worth it for me. I have scanned a total of about 10 books out of the 400+ that I have since unloaded.

I’ll imagine for now that Graham and Dodd won’t mind that I’m occasionally referencing their 1940 masterpiece from an inappropriately obtained PDF scan.

]]> By: Jacob http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/04/saturday-roundup-more-book-swapping.html/comment-page-1#comment-931 Jacob Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:08:29 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=195#comment-931 Once I photocopied and out of print textbook. That was on a machine without an automatic feeder. Took a few days of ozone poisoning. There's also the legality of the matter. I have been eyeing kindle though. Too bad it seems to mainly focus on bestsellers. At least that's what they advertise. Once I photocopied and out of print textbook. That was on a machine without an automatic feeder. Took a few days of ozone poisoning. There’s also the legality of the matter. I have been eyeing kindle though. Too bad it seems to mainly focus on bestsellers. At least that’s what they advertise.

]]> By: RJ http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/04/saturday-roundup-more-book-swapping.html/comment-page-1#comment-929 RJ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:35:11 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=195#comment-929 Yeah but how long is that going to take though? They've showed an automatic book scanner at one of the fancy universities in the East Coast a few months ago in 60 minutes and that machine only averages 5 books a day. To scan one of those graduate level textbooks may take a while. Talk about tedious :) Yeah but how long is that going to take though? They’ve showed an automatic book scanner at one of the fancy universities in the East Coast a few months ago in 60 minutes and that machine only averages 5 books a day. To scan one of those graduate level textbooks may take a while. Talk about tedious :)

]]> By: Steve Austin http://earlyretirementextreme.com/2008/04/saturday-roundup-more-book-swapping.html/comment-page-1#comment-923 Steve Austin Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:23:28 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=195#comment-923 Even for books that you think you'd like to keep, you could scan them to PDFs, then unload the tree copy. Even for books that you think you’d like to keep, you could scan them to PDFs, then unload the tree copy.

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