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michaeltoye · 05-28-2017, 03:46 AM

the other way to look at this is that authors and publishers always wanted a way to licence book purchases from second owner and couldn't. They couldn't because, well, tangible out of their control paper based books.

So, the fact you can buy a second hand book is certainly not in line with the original publishers' expectation of how to charge you, the second owner, for their book release.

And, with the electronic format, they can. It sucks for us, but I'm pretty sure they always wanted revenue from the 2nd owner onwards.

The fact you can scan your own copy of a book you bought for £1 at a charity shop doesn't please anyone in the publishing industry.

05-28-2017, 03:46 AM	#25
michaeltoye Member Posts: 14 Karma: 2070566 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: kindle Oasis	the other way to look at this is that authors and publishers always wanted a way to licence book purchases from second owner and couldn't. They couldn't because, well, tangible out of their control paper based books. So, the fact you can buy a second hand book is certainly not in line with the original publishers' expectation of how to charge you, the second owner, for their book release. And, with the electronic format, they can. It sucks for us, but I'm pretty sure they always wanted revenue from the 2nd owner onwards. The fact you can scan your own copy of a book you bought for £1 at a charity shop doesn't please anyone in the publishing industry. Last edited by michaeltoye; 05-28-2017 at 03:48 AM.