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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
The author needs to change his light bulb.
Piracy won't save the Kindle, because anyone who goes through the trouble of piracy of an e-text isn't going to pony up $500 for an e-book reader, when they can read it on the device they likely already have: Their laptop.  |
I purchased my ereader bc of all the books that are available to me on the pd. The way I saw it my initial investment was high; but I saved on a lifetime (theoretically) of leisure reading, which was about 24 dollars a month. So in a year plus I will get my money back, but now it turns out i am reading more than I used to so I will be in the green in no time.
So for studetnts it is the same logic, if their upfront cost of the ereader is $500 but in the long run they save money on 8 semesters of textbooks, plus a possible lifetime of leisure reading.