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Originally Posted by GreenMonkey
I have no qualms about $17 or $18 for a hardcover from an author I love and trust to write a good book. I prefer hardcovers.
That said, funds are limited these days for me to spend on books.
To me, a hardcover has a value. It will be readable and usable 20 or 30 years from now. I have no faith that an e-book format will be usable in a couple of decades. Try bringing up a computer file from a computer from 15 years ago. Good luck.
Digital files lack that kind of durability, to me. Plus, with nasty DRM on them, that sucks about 80% of the value from it. I do my best to not support DRM by not purchasing products with it.
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That's the beauty of the marketplace: If you value a print book more than an e-book, for whatever reasons, you have the choice of voting with your money.
No matter what version you (or I) prefer, we decide individually what we're willing to pay for a given product. That doesn't mean the seller must meet our demand at that price, of course.