Comments on: Go Paperless Where You Can and Save Money http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2008/10/go-paperless-where-you-can-and-save.html Some useful information, some anecdotes, some rantings, and some inspiration <br>from my quest to make my family and perhaps the world around me A Little Greener Every Day Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:42:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Robin Shreeves http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2008/10/go-paperless-where-you-can-and-save.html/comment-page-1#comment-365 Robin Shreeves Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:17:00 +0000 http://aged.shreeves.net/2008/10/go-paperless-where-you-can-and-save-money.html#comment-365 Well, books are my kryptonite, so I'm not sure I can be completely objective on this. I would think that electronic reading is probably less environmentally harmful, especially if you have rechargeable batteries in whatever reader you use. But, I simply cannot enjoy listening to a book on my iPod or reading fiction from a screen. I need a physical book that I can flip pages in, and often write notes in the margins in. <br/><br/>I try to buy used when possible (big used book sale at my library that starts this Thursday - I'm hankering for a whole stack of new cookbooks!), but like you, sometimes I buy books new when I can't get them used. <br/><br/>But, I have dramatically decreased the amount of new books I buy, and I purposely stay away from the sale racks when I go into Barnes and Noble so I don't find something that I just have to have that I didn't even know existed till I saw it. Well, books are my kryptonite, so I’m not sure I can be completely objective on this. I would think that electronic reading is probably less environmentally harmful, especially if you have rechargeable batteries in whatever reader you use. But, I simply cannot enjoy listening to a book on my iPod or reading fiction from a screen. I need a physical book that I can flip pages in, and often write notes in the margins in.

I try to buy used when possible (big used book sale at my library that starts this Thursday – I’m hankering for a whole stack of new cookbooks!), but like you, sometimes I buy books new when I can’t get them used.

But, I have dramatically decreased the amount of new books I buy, and I purposely stay away from the sale racks when I go into Barnes and Noble so I don’t find something that I just have to have that I didn’t even know existed till I saw it.

]]> By: Allison http://www.alittlegreenereveryday.com/2008/10/go-paperless-where-you-can-and-save.html/comment-page-1#comment-364 Allison Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://aged.shreeves.net/2008/10/go-paperless-where-you-can-and-save-money.html#comment-364 I love this post and will reiterate it myself next week. <br/>I was wondering, do you think going paperless with books, whether on a reader or IPod, is good or bad for the environment? No more paper but one uses electicity or batteries for that. It is kinda like paper or plastic, which one is better? But we just say neither, buy a tote. But you can't do that with books.<br/>What is your take? I love this post and will reiterate it myself next week.
I was wondering, do you think going paperless with books, whether on a reader or IPod, is good or bad for the environment? No more paper but one uses electicity or batteries for that. It is kinda like paper or plastic, which one is better? But we just say neither, buy a tote. But you can’t do that with books.
What is your take?

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