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I see a lot of people question whether library useage is really widespread. I, for one, was seriously thinking of switching to a Sony 505 in order to get library books. In this economy, shelling out $400 for an ereader is not an easy decision - to then be told you have to BUY books instead of getting them from the LIBRARY is just too much.
And I did buy books from sources other than Amazon because they had lower prices. Not frequently, but a couple times. What this is doing is putting the kindle even further out of reach for most people. I intend to fill my kindle with free books from the kindle store and buy a Sony in order to read library books. I was looking at one at Target last night, but all they had was silver. Of course, when the next Stephen King comes out, I will buy it from a source other than Amazon.
For us library users, switching to ebooks was a big decision. If we are being asked to end useage of the library and spend money on all our reading material, that bodes ill for the library and for ebooks. This just might be the end of ebooks.
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