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Originally Posted by anamardoll
Says who? I may lend a paper book to hundreds of friends. That same book might otherwise languish unread on a library shelf.
When I purchase a paper book, I receive the right to lend it to someone else. I can, for that matter, give it to a library. Shocking, I know, but I have in fact done this very thing. 
eBooks should not be different, in my humble opinion.
ETA: And no, I do not accept the "eBooks are forever!" explanation. I have books that are several decades old and still in mint condition despite being moved dozens of times and read more times than I can count. |
Karma points headed your way for this.
The points you make above are actually one of the reasons I buy printed books more than e-books, despite loving my e-reader. It's because I can do whatever I want with the book when I am done. Just so much more legal mileage.
And I have gotten so tired of the overexaggerated fragility of books - There are books at our local library that had already been there for decades before I started using that library and are still, the same identifiable copy, being used 16 years later.