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Originally Posted by ST-One
And still you'd have lost 200 € via the re-purchase of the books; money you could have spent in the cinema, the restaurant or on your trip.
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We're turning in circles, but I've got time
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When reading at night in the hotel, I certainly wouldn't start downloading on the PC, stripping from DRM, importing into calibre and so on.
So I would have to process my entire library in advance, not just the 20 books I else may have to buy double per year.
Then we end up with the 40+ hours I had extrapolated in post #61 for my library of 2500 purchased books.
40+ hours for "saving" € 200?
Your argument was, those 40+ hours couldn't be considered, because nobody would pay me for them.
But that's too limited a view.
First of all: If I "work" in calibre, I as well could do some "real" work = write an email, make some call or whatever.
Second of all: I could find other areas of cost optimizations. For example, in 40+ hours I could plan my next 20+ business trips and save manifold on hotels, tickets and stuff.
40+ hours for fun? Great! I'm spending more time every single week with my gadgets without ever considering dividends.
40+ hours for "saving" € 200? Doesn't compute.
But to each his own calculation...