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Originally Posted by Mrgauth
My problem is I have one of the biggest used book stores in the world where I live and have yet to not find what I am looking for there, and most times cheaper than any ebook, and in hardback to boot.
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You're comparing apples to oranges, though...a used product that returns zero revenue to the writer and publisher, vs. a new one that gives writers some financial incentive to write and publishers some financial incentive to publish.
It's a market that trails the new book industry, so even if ebooks become the dominant form of reading material, the used book stores should outlive the new book stores. I'm sure they'll be around for the rest of
our lifetimes, but I'm not sure they'll be a viable market source for our kids.