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Originally Posted by DNSB
Why are you forced to borrow when you could assuage your conscience by buying? I have never seen a KU book that was not also available for purchase.
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As a paid for 'subscription' service, KU is basically a 'library' and I'm primarily a library user. And as my library systems hold and purchase very few of the types of books I prefer in one of my two primary genres of choice, this is the best way for me to read those. Also, with the amount that I read, it is not financially viable for me to purchase every single book I read/want to read, nor is it preferable as I do not want to have a permanent (and even that is not the case with amz in particular) copy of every book I read. I choose primarily ebooks now for that very reason. And as far as forced, I say that because of the fact that if the author publishes on KU, they are not allowed to publish their books anywhere else.
I don't feel like I need to assuage my conscience because I already do what I can, given my own circumstances, to put my money where my mouth is (or more to the point, not). Also, I'm a prolific reviewer on a number of different platforms and am very active in the bookish internet so I also support many authors on a regular basis by promoting their books which I know (from feedback) aids, albeit in a tiny way, in their sales via a variety of different sources and in all formats.
PS. Borrowing a book from KU also sometimes helps me decide to actually buy a copy if I do decide I want to have a (semi)permanent copy of it or in very rare situations, a print copy.
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Originally Posted by DNSB
Perhaps you could have Kobo price match? They've done that for me even on a Kindle 1 day special.
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I wasn't aware that they did that. Thanks for letting me know.