Thread: Ebooks now 8.5% of sales, expected to climb to 40% in 3-5 years
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Old 08-13-2010, 02:06 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by bauerhjb View Post
One thing I haven't seen mentioned in this topic is the fact that paper books belong to the purchaser to do with as they wish but ebooks belong to the publisher/writer and the purchaser has no rights except to read it as is. Ebooks currently may not be sold, traded or even given away. Until or unless this changes I will still buy and keep pbooks along with ebooks.
I don't believe this is factually correct. Once we purchase and download an eBook file this file, like an MP3 of a song is ours to keep and use as we like. There are arguments about the conditions listed on some web sites but the truth is that no court would ever support a proposition that the file is not ours to keep and use as we like.
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