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Originally Posted by ApK
Thy fact that you can't lend them in exactly the same way as a paperback s not a suprise t mst people, because it's not a paperback.
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It might not be a surprise to those who frequent book message boards, but it comes as a shock to others. When I tell friends with new ereaders about the restrictions associated with ebooks, they're stunned.
The lending model for ebooks is hardly what the average person would consider to be a loan. For starters, not all books are eligible. Then those that are can only be loaned once and only for 14 days. That restriction is extremely harsh.
Couple the fact that ebooks aren't owned, are overpriced, can't be resold, and can only be loaned once (if at all); it's easy to see why many are up in arms over this. But it matters not, because enough people have given tacit approval to this model for the publishers to continue it.
Personally, I don't care one way or the other what publishers do. If I feel the price for an ebook is too high, I walk away. Currently, there isn't any book on this planet that would get me to spend more than $2.99 for it.