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Originally Posted by bbusybookworm
i kind of have to disagree with the Option to expire the ebooks after a short time, unless the price is substantially reduced, to say 10% of the normal cost.
I tend to keep all my textbooks, and often use them for referance or refreshing myself to certain ideas. And even the books I don't want to keep, I can usually resell them for 50% to 60% of the price. And Its up to me as to what I can do with it. I'm afraid that publishers, especially with a captive market would try to gouge their potential market.
If however the price was quiet low, or in the form of a subscription that allowed me to access all the books I need, and allow me enough freedom to mark up and print (hard copy or electronicly) the sections I need, I probably wouldn't mind so much. Especially if they then offered a discount for the permanent purchase in Pbook or open eBook format of those book I want to keep.
but I come to believe that expecting radical or even not so radical ideas from universities or publishers can be a fools errand.
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Hey, let's keep throwing out ideas. Maybe someone in power will see them and like them.
