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Originally Posted by haertig
There are many good reasons for "buying a lifetime supply" of various items while you can. eBooks are one (assuming DRM removal). Ammunition is another. Incandescent light bulbs for your Easy Bake Oven. Probably lots of other examples too, but my brain is blank at the moment.
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A counter lesson -- don't buy ebooks ahead of being able to read them. I know this still leaves re-readers in a lurch.
For myself, the number of books I reread is small. I've stopped preOrdering books. I've found that I'm paying "new release prices" when I might not get around to reading the book until the price has come down.
eBooks never go out of stock. eBooks never sell out their initial run. Instead, I put a reminder that a book I want to read goes on sales. On the day....I ask myself "am I ready to read that book now?"
Still...it's yet another example of why DRM removal is a must. And I admit that I haven't really done much of that for my own purchases. I was burned with Fictionwise when they closed down.
I may be burned quite a bit if Amazon ever gets out of the ebook business
