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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
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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This brings to mind something that's been bugging me. ('Bugging" isn't really the right word, but it's something I've been thinking about.) This isn't directed at you, only following on your comment.
People bring up this point occasionally when ebook pricing is discussed. If someone is worried about this aspect of it, I don't understand why they are even buying ebooks, let alone complaining about the prices of ebooks. Paper books are still available and most likely will be for quite some time. I would think they'd be more worried about ebooks killing paper books, in which case they should be happy about high prices because higher prices will cause more people to still buy paper at a lower price, thereby preserving the market a bit more.