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Several in this thread have expressed that the resale value of used books factors into their decision to buy paper books over e-books, when the price of each is close.
Where do you guys sell your used books? I've tried to do so with limited success in the past. Maybe my niche interests aren't popular with used bookstores, but my success in the past has not been stellar. I bring in boxes of books, the used bookstore buys a few, and I cart the rest home. Transportation costs, not to mention the value of my time, easily exceed what I get for selling the books. I suspect I'll simply give my paper books away to charity booksales in the future (until they're gone, as I'm no longer purchasing paper books at all).
I've lost paper books before, or had them become damaged. I've also bought used books only to discover that there's a page missing, and because it was used there was no recourse. I think the ability to re-download the book has as much, or more, value for me as the ability to re-sell it.
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