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Originally Posted by samhy
For me, I paid for those features when buying the device.
And the fact that I can't lend or resell the ebook afterwards makes a huge difference in my mind. So, I prefer not to pay more than 5€ for an ebook. I paid more on occasions, but this isn't a price I'm willing to pay on a regular basis.
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I guess latepaul does have a point with those features, but possibly it just depends on your point of view? If you want to argue that ebooks have value that physical books don't, you can use those features to illustrate it. I tend to agree with your POV samhy, it's the device that gives you those plus points, not the actual ebook.
I prefer ebooks to physical books, but despite their advantages, it still has less value because once read, I can't resell, lend it, or even give it away. And unless I know what I am doing, I could be left with a book I can't even read if I was to buy a different kind of ereader in future.... It's not a physical product, and it's the same with music, MP3s are generally priced a little cheaper than physical albums. Digital files just do not hold the same value.
Certain authors I just don't read as much of anymore, Karin Slaughter or Patricia Cornwell for example, most of their ebooks are too similarly priced to the paperback, so I just don't buy them. But say, Lee Child or David Baldacci, I'm more likely to buy them as I can usually get the ebooks that little bit cheaper than the paperback.