Thread: The eventual impact of ebooks on the used book market
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Old 10-28-2013, 05:22 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by DuskyRose View Post
It will probably depend on where you live.
I'm sure you're right. We buy most of our pbooks from 'sites' such as Goodwill and Friends of the Library. Other thrift stores probably sell used books too.

If I did online shopping only I'd probably see things differently-but then I don't understand why I would do online shopping only. I do buy some books from Amazon but I dislike their trickery. Their 1-cent books actually cost $4 after you include shipping. (I'm pretty sure they're making their profit on the shipping because nobody makes a profit selling single items for a penny. IMO that's dishonest.)

Regardless the average price of an ebook seems to be about $10 so I still say used pbooks are cheaper, on average. Yes, you can find ebooks cheaper-you can even find them for free. But is that average?
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