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Originally Posted by delphidb96
I think the only thing I have against 'checking out' ebooks is that ebooks tend to be cheaper than hard cover books so there is that incentive to just *buy* the ebook and put a bit more money into the authors' pockets. Silly me, I should have pointed out that I am a publisher and want to see my authors make money. 
Derek |
Hmmm. Are we back into this discussion again? Oh, that's right, you are saying ebooks tend to be cheaper than hard cover books. New cars are cheaper than hard cover pbooks. What you are NOT saying is that ebooks are cheaper than paper backs. And until they are, public library, here I come.
Now, I bought all of the current Jason Pinter ebooks from Books on Board, and between library books (which I check out 1 or 2 at a time, not the full 21), I have enjoyed them. Even without the "half price" special that came with my ereader, they were still reasonably priced below the usual $8-10 "cheap ebook" prices of which you speak. Of course the "half price special" was really only store credit on half the price so I can spend the "saved" half on other books.
As for library books. I began using a library extensively back in '65 while in the U.S. Air Force and continued to use the public library until about '74 when I no longer lived or worked near a library. During that time, I didn't get any mail from Heilein, Asimov, Bradbury, or any other authors whose names don't dome to mind complaining that they were losing money because I was checking their books out of the library.
As I understand it, as a general rule, libraries don't get books of any category (maybe paperbacks) for free. They pay a price. If the publisher isn't putting some of that money back into the author's pockets, that's not my problem.
The thing I like about ebooks is that I no longer have to live near a library to borrow them.
I buy dvds when they are less than $10, and I buy Blu Ray discs when they are less than $15. But I will watch them numerous times. Most books (even those sitting on shelves in my house) seldom ever get read twice.
I have contributed my part to keeping the publishing industry alive with my efforts for 35 years, and when ebooks don't cost more than pbooks, I will buy them again, thank you very much.