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Originally Posted by rhadin
It's really a mixed bag. Unlike you, I do not ever borrow from the library (although I always agree to pay more in taxes to support the library); I prefer to buy for my personal library the books that interest me. And those books I always buy in hardcover, and I buy a lot of books (I spent nearly $500 on hardcovers in July alone).
Although some of the "voracious readers" have moved on, many have not. I am one who has not.
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I didn't mean to say all voracious readers have moved on--just those who haven't a single square inch available for books. I still love books, and have at least 300 paperback and hardcover mysteries in 3 bookcases in the basement. But I can't add anything more, and I have a sneaking suspicion that the first time I reach in there (they are double stacked) I will see a spider, and that will be the end of that.
I understand the publishers make their money with hardcovers. But my point is I would still like to buy from them, but hardcovers are out of the question. I think it is rational that an ebook cost more than a paperback, but less than a hardcover. Since it can neither be loaned, sold, donated or displayed, I would think much less. JMHO