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Old 08-03-2010, 08:45 PM   #101
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Originally Posted by BillSmithBooks View Post
And I feel that the used market is one reason why publishers are really missing the boat -- used sales generate no revenue for the publisher or author, whereas selling ebooks, even at steeply reduced prices, does generate revenue for the creators.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Give that man a cigar....

I buy boatloads of used books. My favorite bookstore places used books next to new books on the bookshelf. I *always* buy the used book. No income for either publisher or author. My gain, their loss. If I could get the ebook at the same or equivalent price as the used, I would buy the ebook.
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