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Old 06-17-2011, 10:48 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
+1. You know, the resale point is always brought up as a reason ebooks are inferior, but like you, I have almost never resold books, other than textbooks. Indeed, I have just given away far more than I have resold. In reality, I think most folks don't resell their books, so I think this is more a talking point rather than an actual advantage of physical books.
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Even if you don't sell them they do still retain some value, and the value of some books does increase over time. They become something you can leave to your children when you're dead, and they can sell them if they have no interest in them. Whereas with ebooks it's just some more stuff to delete before they throw your computer in a skip.
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