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Originally Posted by leebase
To my fellow forum participants all upset at the cost of ebooks. You seem to be under the impression that you matter. Well, you don't. You never did. You never paid $25 to $30 for a new hard back book. You used the library, borrowed from a friend, bought at garage sales -- or perhaps you bought the paper back when the really cheap mass produced version came out.
So -- continue on. Use the library. Buy from the remainder bin at Costco. Wait until your best friend reads the book she bought and then borrow it. Troll through the neighborhood yard sales and buy books for pennies.
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Lee, great rant, too bad it is riddled with errors.
Error 1: I haven't borrowed a book from my local library in 43 years.
Error 2: I have not only spent between $3000 and $5000 every year on new hardcover books for the past 15-20 years, I continue to buy new releases in hardcover. In fact, in the last 3 months alone, I have spent $1275 (round number) on newly released hardcovers.
Error 3: I rarely buy a book from the remainder section. In the past year, I have spent no more than $100 on remaindered books.
Error 4: I do not buy paperbacks.
I do, however, supplement my purchases with purchases from estate sales and used bookstores where I look for old first, edition, first printing collectibles.
And I do complain about ebook pricing because of the lack of a uniform DRM scheme and the outrageous price demanded for poorly formatted books.
Seems like you missed the boat somewhere.