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Old 08-21-2012, 01:09 PM   #40
Elfwreck
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I don't know what they think. Maybe they have a variety of views. But I think it. People who paid good money for the book are going to be more likely to think others should also pay.
I don't. I remember all the books I borrowed from friends as a teenager, all my time as a starving college student when someone gave me the book they were done reading, and I think I have an obligation to pay that forward--to share the books I buy, now that I'm the one with disposable income.

I grew up on secondhand books. I don't buy as many ebooks as I could because I can't share them; it feels very selfish to buy a book that I'm just going to throw away when I'm done.

Library books, however... if I borrowed it from a legit source, so can someone else. I don't feel like I'm being wasteful by not sharing it; someone else is taking care of that part for me.
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