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The only books I would be willing to give up are those so bad I wouldn't want to reread them and if they are so bad it might well be that not many people would buy them once word gets around.
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You are assuming that most people who buy ebooks are rereaders. We actually had a poll here a while back and as I recall, more than half of people either did not reread or only had a few keeper books. There's a reason why a LOT of people use the library!
As for reselling, that's a big nonconcern. Paperbacks that sold new for $8, sell for $1 or even less at used book stores, even for really popular authors/books. You just won't get the money you think you should. Even hardcovers you bought for $23 sell for only $2-4 used unless the author signed it (and even that may not increase the value). Textbooks are really where buyer/seller come together because the buyer is required to have the textbook within a specified amount of time.
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In other words, used books only benefit the buyer, not the seller, whether deadtree or ebook.
Where I see an issue for transferring ownership is cases where the owner of the ebook dies and the family wants access to the ebooks/audiobooks. Amazon DID do that at one time for me, but apparently no longer does.