I used to collect the ones i loved or meant something to me, display them on shelves, trade with others, loan them to people. About a year ago I gave every single one of them away. I will still read print and I will still read digital. But I don't feel like I need to collect them or store them or save them. Even if I do love the smell of them, the feel of the pages... They are too much to keep up with, and only slow me down if I want to move, or cause me concern if I'm going to be traveling for a while, or caused me the feelings of loss if one was destroyed. So much better are books, perfectly safe in the cloud, used by many, without the pesky crinkling of the spine or the tattered corners of pages from one too many dog ears. I guess I never thought I would say this. But I prefer ebooks to books.