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Originally Posted by Phogg
I don't see used ebooks as a goal terribly worth striving for.
With the end of the gatekeeper power print publishing had there is a huge world of affordable contemporary literature. The cost savings drove the used book business and that isn't anywhere close to being the relevant factor it was.
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I disagree. Good, popular books still (rightfully, I think) command a price high enough that many folks would consider it too high for a read-once purchase.
I think the prospect of being able to recoup some of the cost will stimulate more book buying and more reading, both of which are goals worth striving for because their value to the...ah...cultural/economic...um...gestalt.
