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Originally Posted by Janette55
I remember reading somewhere on a forum, not sure which one of a individual who bought a reader expecting to have all the books on it and they couldn't get to them.
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I sold my K2 on ebay shortly before Christmas, and I got a very negative response from the buyer the day the gift was opened (apparently he hadn't booted it up before then) demanding that I send him all the ebooks. I had to patiently explain that they were MY books, and I wasn't selling my books, just the device.
I'm divided on the idea of reselling ebooks. Sure, I'd love to be able to sell something I didn't like and don't want to read again, and more importantly, I want to be able to share my purchases by loaning them to my dad and brother as we've always done with pbooks.
What I can't get my head around is how a used ebook market will affect publishers and pricing. If there's essentially an unlimited supply of used ebooks (you could resell indefinitely with zero wear and tear), I expect the publishers will jack up their prices even more to compensate, and then I won't be buying
any books. Any method to ensure all copies have been removed from my possession to allow me the ability to resell the ebook... well, I can almost guarantee it's going to invade my privacy in ways that I won't allow.
At this point I can't really see a feasible way to treat digital goods like physical ones, but I'm all behind anyone who can come up with a plan that doesn't invade my privacy and doesn't put publishers/authors out of business.