[Sirtel]

I bought a lot of used paper books 15-20 years ago, but always only the ones not available new. If a book was available as a new trade or mass market paperback, I bought a new edition. I've always hated paper smell, but especially old paper smell. Ugh.

As it's not possible to distinguish between a 2nd hand and a new ebook edition, why should people prefer 2nd hand? One reason would be a considerable difference in price, but most ebooks are already pretty cheap in a year or two since release. Well, some ebooks do go "out of print"; that would be about the only reason I'd buy a 2nd hand ebook - when it's no longer available elsewhere. And of course, only if the DRM was removable. I will never, ever buy a single book with unremovable DRM, no matter how cheap.