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Originally Posted by Hardboiled
Part of the problem with eBooks, is there is no viable legal 2nd hand market in them.
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One of the main reasons I have for wanting to sell my used books is to make more space. With ebooks, that isn't an issue. Before ebooks came along, I normally bought used books, and for the most part, the prices were higher than what I have been paying for ebooks. Thanks to being able to check out ebooks from a couple libraries in New York City, it is now also much easier for me to check out what I want to read from a library, and thanks to promotions and public domain books being free as ebooks, I've been able to get lots of books for free that I wouldn't be able to get for free as physical books. So, there are trade-offs. Although we don't get a 2nd hand market for ebooks, it's often easier and more affordable to get ebooks, and keeping ebooks doesn't generate any clutter. Since those are trade-offs I can live with, I won't worry too much that ebooks have no 2nd hand market.