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Can we re-sell ebooks? Would it be possible to transfer my license to a book that I've purchased to someone else? It seems like the lack of that ability is a fairly significant downside to the whole e-book idea. When I buy a book from amazon, I can read it and then sell it to the local used book store and get a couple bucks back.
I've been reading Freakonomics - the book talks about economic incentives for doing things, and it makes perfect sense. If there is no economic incentive to the whole ebook idea, the general public is not going to buy into it. There is obviously a good economic incentive to buying songs over itunes - rather than buying a whole album for $12-$18, you can buy the one good song for $1.
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