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Originally Posted by ficbot
I agree that ebook sales are going to change the way publishers do business, but I think it is a mistake to bank your whole premise on the idea that all of these ebook customers would have bought the paper book otherwise. We have seen enough anecdotal stories from people on this forum to indicate that this is not always true. They will lose *some* sales. They will gain other sales from former library and used book store users who never bought from them in the first place.
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That would be and is me.
When we were solely buying paperbacks, the choice was limited and particularly, I, had to be also selective with purchases. Our bookcases could only hold so many books and that space was approaching critical.
I purchased close to 75% of my paperback purchases at book exchanges anyway, remainder online. My wife was not picky, as long as she could get the book she wanted to read.