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Sydney's Mom · 12-15-2013, 02:36 PM

I have almost 7000 unread books, which sounds like a lot, but only 3000 are likely to be read. I always purchase/rent in Epub, and free books are always kindle. If I buy a kindle book, it is something I mean to read immediately. But I will read a pbook from the library if I think the price is too high. What does price have to do with it? If DRM were unbreakable, I think there would be less competition (I would be forced to buy at Amazon, not always the cheapest vendor), and hence prices would rise. I read a lot of pbooks during Agency, because the price of ebooks were too high.

I couldn't ever stop reading, no matter how high the prices went or no matter how unbreakable the DRM was. I would just do what I did right before ebooks. There are unlimited requests for pbooks at my library, and unlimited checkouts. I used to request 10 at a time, and with 3 weeks, I was able to finish before the time was up.

12-15-2013, 02:36 PM	#132
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	I have almost 7000 unread books, which sounds like a lot, but only 3000 are likely to be read. I always purchase/rent in Epub, and free books are always kindle. If I buy a kindle book, it is something I mean to read immediately. But I will read a pbook from the library if I think the price is too high. What does price have to do with it? If DRM were unbreakable, I think there would be less competition (I would be forced to buy at Amazon, not always the cheapest vendor), and hence prices would rise. I read a lot of pbooks during Agency, because the price of ebooks were too high. I couldn't ever stop reading, no matter how high the prices went or no matter how unbreakable the DRM was. I would just do what I did right before ebooks. There are unlimited requests for pbooks at my library, and unlimited checkouts. I used to request 10 at a time, and with 3 weeks, I was able to finish before the time was up.