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Originally Posted by ApK
Because if no one buys new, then there is no used to be had. It could be the same reasons some people buy new hardbacks rather than wait for cheaper versions. They want to read it sooner.
Maybe publishers will start to include some new value-adds for "new" buyers.
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But the market would very quickly reach a point where there would be no sales of "new" ebooks. I'm not saying it is not possible to create a so-called used market for ebooks. It is just very foreign to the basic concept of electronic files, and would be very highly contrived. I really don't think it would be worth the trouble, and it really would take a lot of thought to come up with something halfway workable which retailers and publishers would want to be involved in. One thing I can think of is that bookstores or publishers might agree to buy back your electronic files with payment in the form of a credit off a "new" ebook, probably one credit redeemable per book. This would provide a seller with a market for their "used" electronic files without a corresponding buyers market.
Or perhaps the "used" ebooks could be run through a random corruption algorithm prior to sale to simulate wear and tear, spills etc. Yes, I am joking.