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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
Except that you can't buy a used ebook.
And you can't buy a remaindered ebook.
And you can't borrow an ebook from your friend.
And you can't wait for an ebook to come out in "paperback".
And you can't use a discount coupon on an ebook.
And you can't buy an ebook on sale.
And there's no cost to a publisher for keeping an ebook around at any given price forever, unlike hardbacks, which eat. (or at least cost taxes, warehouse space, etc., which works out to the same thing)
But other than, y'know, being subjected to any of the same pressures that affect hardcover books, I guess "everything" is still true, for values of "everything" approaching zero.
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From a users side there are a few advantages to ebooks though, even though all you said above is true:
-- you can, legally, have up to 6 copies of the book that can be read by different people at the same time.
-- your books will never get old or damaged, you always have a new book
-- you don't pay shipping or local taxes (in the US)
Still, they make more money on ebooks now, no argument from anyone here. Leebase is just arguing that publishers have a right to price ebooks like that -- no matter how stupid it may be. And Leebase also suggest the right course of action for us readers to change things is to take our money elsewhere.
He is starting some interesting discussions and bringing a new perspective, why tell him to go elsewhere? Discussions are quite boring if everyone always agrees on everything