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Originally Posted by harriska2
I'm also on the swap website and at first got rid of tons of books as I switched to ebook. It has *really* slowed down in the last year or so - I have lots of books on my swap site still available. I realize ebooks may lead to a diminished used book future - but I wonder if the cost of books will go down because people tend to buy "new" ebooks that that have money going to the pocket of the author (especially with self publishing) rather than used books which give nothing to the author. I buy a lot of used old books - especially elementary school science books - because the new ones are really crap.
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I doubt prices will go down because of money going to the author. But they do seem to go down in time. And there are the giveaways and the coupons and the library for those of us lucky to have a good one.
A year ago I was thinking to buy a book that was 17.99 for the ebook and paperback and the hardback was 32.99. Today the ebook is 12.34, the paperback 11.99 and the hardcover 32.49. But my library has the book available
I acan't see the market changing much for used elementary science books, but I know absolutely nothing about it.
Helen