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Old 08-16-2010, 10:42 AM   #188
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Perhaps you could say why you disagree, rather than merely dismissing it as "silly"? Do you live in a large house where storage space for books is not a concern? I don't, and the fact that e-books need no physical storage space is an enormous benefit for me, and is unquestionably a feature which adds value.
I assumed that the reason was self evident. evidently not.

The arguments that such characteristics of eBooks is 'added value' does not stack up imho. Firstly I have to buy a device just to read them costing a substantial amount. Secondly I cannot share them with my wife or son. Thirdly I don't have the same security of ownership after seeing how Amazon reached out not so long ago and erased books directly from people's readers. Fourthly I as a reader resent the Publisher pocketing substantially higher profits for substantially less costs, all at my expense. So no I don't see it as added value at all.
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