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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
But if she doesn't have her ereader, what will she use? Or are you assuming that everybody should have multiple ereaders? And what about children? When I was young I read the books that my brothers also read. Even if I had a book that was "mine" since I got it for my birthday, it wouldn't mean that I was the only one who got to read it. Are parents supposed to buy one copy of the book for each child, or just have only one child?
I've had friends stay over and read some of my books. Should I think about having an ereader for guests in the near future?
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All they need to do is the same concept nook has pioneered. (Although "pioneering" implies it will still be around in a few years). When you loan a book, it becomes unreadable on the initiating device either for a period of time, or simply until it is "returned", perhaps with an option to "give" the book permanently, in which case it is automatically deleted from the originating device.
Yeah, I know. "All" they have to do is easy to say. Dunno how it would actually work.
As for trading readers, its not quite the same as trading or loaning a pbook. If the friend loses the pbook or drops it in the toilet you are only out the pbook price, not the price of the reader.
While it is nice that Amazon and the ilk allow multiple users on an account, it doesn't address our ability to give the books to someone outside your close circle of 6 friends/family.
While purchasing an ebook "on loan" for $3-$5 seems counter to our feeling of "ownership" for our books, for the most part, I end up donating the books after the bookcases get full, anyway, so it's a concept worth consideration.
On the other hand, by having the books on a shelf, I can remind myself whether I have read it before when they are re-issued with a new cover and I'm wondering if it is an old book by that author that I missed.
As for loaning books to friends, they wouldn't have to have a reader, just reader software.