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Old 01-17-2019, 01:11 AM   #464
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Yes. It really is what we're talking about. You can't prefer ebooks (to the point of expecting never to read a paper book again) and yet value them less than paper books.
Why on earth not? You use the term value here as being synonymous with price. Clearly paper books are worth just about zero to Barry. And to me. I don't "value" them and I won't pay anything for them (with a few exceptions). There are many factors involved in setting a price, even in a "market" controlled by evil oligopolists. Of course I personally am prepared to pay more for an ebook than I am prepared to pay for a paper book. This is because I am not prepared to pay anything for a paper book. It does not follow that the price I am prepared to pay for an ebook is equal to or more that the retail price of the paper book I don't want.
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