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Originally Posted by Timboli
There are huge differences in costs between a physical book and ebook ... and I'm not just talking manufacture here. There is transport, shipping, storage all over the place. Then damages, errors, preferential display costs. Eventual dumping, burning or sales markdowns. Then of course the huge secondhand book market that the author or publisher makes no benefit from. And the list goes on. There is lending, from which other things can flow on. etc etc.
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Immaterial. I simply don't care about the differences in costs. They don't alter my enjoyment. You're also ignoring the things about ebooks that I value
more than physical books. Things that make ebooks worth
more to me than physical books. And more than the price of a movie ... and more than the price of a good meal at a restaurant ... and more than a pair of cheap sunglasses ... and more than a four-pack of good Milk Stout ... and more than a bluetooth mouse ... and ... you get the picture.
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Originally Posted by Timboli
We are often being done like a dog's dinner by unscrupulous publishers.
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Maybe
you are. But I've never once felt taken advantage of by a publisher from the time I learned to read, or from the time I started buying my own books. The enjoyment I got from every single book that I've read and loved was worth
way more than the price I payed for the experience. I would have quit reading for pleasure a long time ago, otherwise.
So wage your pointless "war." I'm going to buy a book.