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Old 01-07-2011, 06:13 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Angst View Post
I'm getting really, really pissed off at the new agency rules.
I believe that I come from a strange place on this issue.

I am soberly used to viewing eBook purchases as a purchase concerning content and not container. So I always ask, "What is the content worth to me?"

You will retort that we are all like that, of course. And I would be willing to grant you your objection. However, in the physical book world I am soberly used to doing the exact opposite. Paying for container and not content. What?!

Wretch that I am, I purchase "fine" books with a recklessness feared by Drivers Education instructors the world over. The Everyman's Library, The Folio Society, The Easton Press, and so many others. Could I purchase a 4.99USD Bantam paperback of whatever? Or a Signet "You never did read Moby Dick with a font this small before, huh?!" edition. But I would much rather pay 30-100USD for a quality container.

So, this reveals my backwardness. Due to the fact that I am accustomed to paying for the container, I find myself in a backwards world electronically in which I am accustomed to paying for content and not container!

This is a really long way of saying that my subjective opinion concerning the valuation of electronic editions of any given text or texts is what it is for reasons that I do not know.

I liken it to an MSRP: only in this case, the MSRP isn't merely a guide to be followed if'n you should chuse ta do so!

People get angry over all of this, but I can't help feeling slightly amused.
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