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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
It's more a point about the resale value of a real book that just doesn't exist in an ebook. That value (which is a cost to the publisher when someone buys a book second hand instead of new) is built into the price of a real book, like the cost of shoplifters.
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There still kind of is. Piracy is a concern and given DRM can be removed from a number of formats (Topaz and iBooks are still safe from these efforts, I believe), that's where your "shoplifting" is.