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Ebooks as they exist today are somewhat of a Faustian bargain to me. On the one hand, I love my Kindle. On the other hand, I hardly ever buy an eBook because of its limitations. Can't loan it out to my friends. Can't resell it when I'm done with it. Can't donate it to my library. Costs as much or more than a printed copy. And while I take eBooks out of the library frequently, I wish they didn't buy them to begin with; the idea that they are licensing these things at great cost for a short term is depressing to me.
The potential is there for eBooks to be great. But right now, the major publishers are using the technology to limit us rather than encourage us to use it.
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