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Old 05-10-2011, 03:38 AM   #46
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A lot of people who buy hardbacks buy them because hardbacks look good on the book shelves. And some buy them to get the absolute first shot at reading a popular new book. There is a clear degradation in quality from hardback to paperback to mass market paperback. And mass market paperbacks don't appear until a year or so after the hardback. An ebook always stays the same.
I've honestly never noticed a difference in ease of reading, which is all that mattered to me, which is why I didn't care whether I was reading the hardback, trade paperback or mass market paperback. Nowadays, I do see a difference in ease of reading between paper books and my Kindle. I find my Kindle much more convenient, and so I'm unlikely to read a paper book.

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There's no point in trying to compete with the used market.
He may be right, but right now, I'm not convinced. There's no point trying to compete when the book is released, but then, the used market for a given book doesn't appear until some time after release. Surely at that point, it makes sense to compete with that market?
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