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Originally Posted by plib
Damn, am I in trouble! All those old and outgrown clothes donated to charity, the sofa set passed on to a friend's rec room, the phones lent to visitors, the books, DVDs, CDs lent or given to friends. And I never thought to call up the clothing or furniture manufacturer, the phone company, the bookstore and BestBuy to ask how much I should be paying them! They didn't get any compensation at all, what was I thinking?
It's truly amazing how much credence seriously stupid ideas can gain if you just repeat them often enough.
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Wow, that's mean. Perhaps I misspoke, but that's no reason to call me stupid
My point is that ebooks usually cost a lot less than print books due to their rather ephemeral nature. So it would be wrong to resell one, especially considering they don't receive the wear and tear of print books. Giving the ebook secondhand to someone else wouldn't be as bad, especially if you deleted all copies and knew the other person wouldn't just turn around and hand it off to all their friends. But it's very doubtful that there will ever be a secondhand store for used ebooks because they never get "used." They're always "like new."