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Originally Posted by Tinks
I understand that they want you to buy books, but they're also making a profit by just selling the Kindle to you.
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Not much of one, according to past analysis of what the Kindle components cost.
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In this economy I would think more and more people have done what I did. Instead of buying every book I wanted to read(most of wich I only read 1 time), I go to my local library and check out books for free.
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Have you actually checked ebook availability at your local library? If yours has a good selection with lots of titles always available, you are lucky. I live in a county of 3 million people, and my county library system has only about 200 titles available in ePub format total, and nearly all of them are "unavailable" all the time. You have to place a hold and wait up to 2 weeks for each person ahead of you.
I know there are places you can pay a fee for a yearly subscription, etc., but for me, there are enough free books I can get for my Kindle each day to help keep my book spending reasonable. Part of the joy of an e-reader is instant gratification, and my local library system certainly doesn't cut it for me, in terms of either titles available or the "instant" part.
(Besides, you do know there are hacks to make Overdrive books usable on a Kindle, right?)