# Are you part of the 3%? Talkin' Bout Books

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**Created:** [November 5, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-part-of-the-3-talkin-bout-books/992655 "2023-11-05T23:33:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-part-of-the-3-talkin-bout-books/992655/5 "2023-11-06T00:03:20Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> only 1% own more than 1000 ebooks.

Amazon tells me I have 3243 ebooks (including [one of yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-awesome-new-robot-book/837571)). I’m sure this includes a substantial number that I got for free (as well as a heck of a lot that I bought cheap when they were on sale). And it doesn’t include ebooks that I’ve bought/acquired from other sources.

Unlike with physical books, I don’t have to worry about where to store them all, and there’s not really a way to sell, trade, or give away the ones I’m finished with, so once I “own” them, they stay owned.

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