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In my experience, the resale value of a book is about $1 for a hardback and 25 cents for a paperback, if you can get anything for them. I drove to a couple of used book stores with a pickup truck full of books (hardbacks and paperbacks) and they each took three or four books and passed on the rest. We have yard sales and it's the same thing: we sell a few books but carry many more back into the house.
I don't understand the concept of "renting" an ebook. It's electrons. You don't give back electrons. The idea of renting something to someone is that you get it back and rent it to someone else; over time you get more in rental fees than the item cost you. How does that apply to ebooks? You, as a publisher, make all the copies you want and send them to customers. There's no physical object to "rent." Maybe I'm missing something.
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