Thread: Secondhand ebooks?
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Old 07-31-2012, 08:33 AM   #241
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Originally Posted by HansTWN View Post
It is true, of course, that simply allowing resale of ebooks would totally destroy the market for new ebooks since the an ebook is always "new". Especially if Amazon organized a "second hand ebook market". I never buy second hand items, but I obviously wouldn't think twice about buying a second hand ebook. A possible solution would be to allow resale only after an extended period, let us say two years or so? Though handing an ebook to a friend (if it can be made sure that only one copy remains in existence) should be fine.
If we're talking about solutions we might as well talk about allowing the resale of ebooks but giving a cut of each sale to the creator, say 70% or so.
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