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Originally Posted by Harper Kingsley
My point is that ebooks usually cost a lot less than print books due to their rather ephemeral nature.
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ebooks are often as expensive or more than pbooks.
I see a lot more sales of REALLY cheap pbooks around than I do of ebooks as well.
The exception to this is indie authors, who sell their ebooks dirt cheap, actually often I buy ebooks from indie/new authors now as the big name authors for ebooks are often very high prices.
Indie authors often don't have pbooks anyway
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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."
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pbooks last a lot longer than ebooks imo.
Do you think you'll be able to read your ebpub in 10 - 15 years time what with format changes?
Ever tried to convert an ebook to another format with lots of DRM on it (legally)?
I still have books that were printed in the 60's and probably changed hands several times before they got to me and are perfectly readable and in good condition.
I bet epubs won't be around in 10 years and you'll be expected to rebuy ebooks you've already bought in epub format in years to come .