I dig this idea but don't know how practical it is. Project Gutenberg is an online provider of free ebooks. They have digitized for download over 17,000 non-copyrighted works; mostly older classics that can be freely reproduced by anyone. As much as I love how technology is being used to help disseminate these works, I don't find the prospect of reading a novel on a screen too appealing. I suppose you could download them and print them at the office when nobody's around, but that seems tedious. A low cost printed alternative for these kinds of titles is Dover Thrift Editions; most of the titles in their library sell for $2-$3.
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I've been a long time fan of PG. It sure saves on bookshelf space, and on paper, but the most ideal purpose is actually twofold - having an easily backed up archive of an enormous amount of text that is simultaneously fully indexed and searchable.
I may be biased (I mostly read ebooks, and mostly on my PDA on the subway), but the practicality of digitally archiving text (especially old text) is unquestionable. And having it searchable makes it a no-brainer.
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