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Originally Posted by joblack
I often have seen e-books priced the same as the new paperback variant. And the conversion was not that great.
One sold e-book more doesn't have that high fix costs in comparison to a paperback book. That's the reason why Bill Gates got rich with software.
A used e-book would be one which has been used by the previous licensee and was passed on or sold to the next licensee. It's the same with used software.
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I agree that ebooks should always be the cheapest option. And the difference between paper and bits is exactly in the fixed cost: paper needs to be printed, stored and shipped, ebooks do not. The point with used books is that those fixed costs are also already paid for when it was new. In that sense, it's become like an ebook (although a secon-hand bookstore still costs money to run. But then, a webstore isn't completely free either...)
It's more difficult than it seems at first.