I am of the understanding that buying books online is hardly worth anything because you don’t actually own anything. Maybe you own the digital file? I’m not sure. I don’t trust the longevity of it, though.
I’m told a lot (mainly by my Dad) that its a good idea to print those out to keep them. However, I’m talking about books that are easily 200+ pages.
I don’t know if its worth the ink or money to print them out. At that point would it be better to just buy a book?
What kind of books are we talking about here? I don’t read most novels the second time. What is the point of printing out to keep them?
Since everyone advises you to buy, I would add that only buy when you actually lose the digital copy. There’s no point of buying ahead unless you fear it will be out of print and somehow no used books will be available either.