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Originally Posted by euterpe
Well, didn't mean to come across as rude but I guess I did. Also, judging by the the theme of many of these discussions (i.e. why do books cost money, we're oppressed by amazon etc) I'm really not going to win any friends.
Before I discovered these threads I was lurking on Amazon where I noticed the same complaint -- the idea that because ebooks aren't tangible they can't possibly be worth the same as if they were bought in the store. Or, the other half of people who think they have been robbed of some inalienable right to use their ebook on more than 5 devices.
Both are pretty hypocritical in this weird twisted bout of logic -- everyone complaining bought the ereader, or the bookshelf so-to-speak and seems to prefer the ebook product over an ole gutenberg-style any day of the week.
If an ebook then is clearly the superior good, why then is a higher/closer to MSRP price not justified, and furthermore, the publishers concern of its easily mass distributable properties?
Thanks I welcome me to these forums too
-- Euterpe
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It's not the five devices that are the issue, it is that the five devices have to be the same; either five Kindles (Amazon), five Nooks (Barnes and Noble), etc. Plus the fact that if Amazon or whoever takes the eBook off their site, you have technically lost your eBook (unless you do frequent back-ups)
In my opinion, thatis the issue.