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Originally Posted by kennyc
Welcome Sam. I mostly agree, but the issue with 'used' ebooks is that there is no method in place to provide you with a unique copy of the product which can be used and treated in the same manner as a physical product. Thus the manufacturer must rely on trust to treat it as a product and that just simply isn't there in the current environment.  |
Amazon (and others) already have DRM solutions that allow an eBook to be loaned. No technical reason this couldn't also allow them to be resold. Obviously not in their interests to allow that to happen though.