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Originally Posted by wvcherrybomb
A friend's daughter (23 yrs old) was given a KF for Christmas by her boyfriend. I was shocked yesterday when she messaged me on facebook for help registering it! She had not used it at all since she got it.
Strange because she is unemployed and home all day with nothing to do. And, she reads all the time! I just don't get it.
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A friend of mine -officially he still was studying after more than 10 years in the University! and definitely had lots of spare time- for years opted against eBooks/eBook readers:
"I want to have my collection of books in the shelf".
"My brother and my mother read all my books when I'm finished. I still want to lend those books to numerous people".
"I prefer the touch and feel of paper books".
"I don't want to bother with battery and lighting conditions".
But about 3 months ago, he bought his first Kindle and he loves it.
His main argument:
He spends about € 1.000 per year on paper books. So the ROI of his Kindle is some 20 eBooks. Everything after those initial 20 eBooks saves tons of money.
His simple calculation:
eBooks you can download for free.
Personally, I don't like this approach, I buy all my books the regular way.
But I guess, "free" eBooks is the main argument for lots of people.
And if that's the case, it
only makes sense for somewhat experienced users of the "darknet".
My mother for example wouldn't know where to search for "pirated" eBooks. So, in her mind, eBooks would be even more expensive than paper books (
considering the hardware costs plus the problem that you can't resell your eBooks) and more complicated.