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Originally Posted by John F
To me, books are more fungible for both author and container. If a "must read" book didn't come out at the library (in either ebook or pbook), I would just skip it.
There are so many good/great/must read books out there, and so many books I want to read, missing an occasional book isn't going to kill me, and my nose would still be attached to my face.  |
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
"Fungible" is, like "quality", in the eye (or wallet) of the beholder.
Everybody has their own set of values, their own triggers, their own boundaries.
There are several authors I used to buy that will never see a cent from me again because of things they've said and done. One of them has an ongoing series I was following. No more.
Hasn't killed me.
The money is going to somebody else so, yes, totally replaceable.
Nobody is good enough that I can't survive without their books.
Doesn't mean I expect everybody to share my values, though.
It's just that there is more than enough good content in the genres I enjoy that I don't have to support fools.
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I don't disagree with either statement in that I'm more than willing to get along without a particular book I want to read, based on price and other contingencies. As I said, books are fungible, to an extent. But I can't extrapolate from that to all books, because I'd be SOL in regard to the aggregate that I want to read, if I weren't willing to buy DRMed books.
I prefer to deDRM my books, but it's hardly a deal-breaker. I especially ascribe no value at all to "not supporting fools." If the book I want to read is available at or less than the price I'm willing to pay, then I'll buy it. So who's the fool?