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Originally Posted by wgrimm
Hmmmm...When was the last time a reseller came to my house and took away my paper book because of squabbles with the publisher? This happened recently to ereader/Fictionwise customers.
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No, you are distorting the facts. All that was lost was the ability to re-download the book, and no bookstore guarantees to store the book eternally for you. Once you've bought the book it's your responsibility to download it and keep it safe.
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And why- if I bought it- can't I resell that e-book?
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For the same reason that you can't re-sell a track that you download from iTunes; the practical aspect of it and also the fact that it would be a violation of copyright law. When you re-sell a paper book, you are selling the same book that you bought. If you were to re-sell an e-book you would, by definition, be making an unauthorised copy of it in the process, and that would be a copyright violation.
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I have been taking classes again this summer, and one of my accounting texts was $210! Wait till people seriuosly start challenging the textbook publishers on the price issue, and demanding reasonably priced ebook versions of texts.
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Textbooks are expensive because of high production costs and an extremely restricted market. That is true regardless of whether they are on paper or electronic. I'm afraid your accounting textbook is never going to be a $10 ebook.