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Originally Posted by scrapking
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?
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I mostly don't, but I do exchanged used pbooks with friends, and give some away. I rarely buy new books I don't intend to keep pretty much forever.
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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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I want to be able to share my books with my family, my kids' friends, my dinner guests. Being able to re-download is indeed useful, but it's a very selfish feature. I don't want literature to wind up treated like pornography... sure, we all know people who are into it, but nobody knows how much or what kinds because they don't share it, and can only really talk about it with people who've bought the same titles, possibly only those who've bought them at the same website.