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Originally Posted by Jedibeeftrix
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He makes a good point. You don't really buy the ebooks since they don't let you resell, lend, or rent them out individually...and you are locked into a particularly platform. You pay the same amount, or more!, but have fewer rights. Although, for digital library and out of copyright books ebooks are far superior to pbooks. Lets hope they don't one day extended infinite length copyrights. Also, after 20 or so new books ereaders are more efficient since they don't use paper.
On balance, ereaders are superior since there are more digital library and out of copyright works than works in copyright...and while ebooks have fewer rights, there are other benefits like taking up no space and searchability.