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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
Ebooks, even with the benefit of thousands of PD books, are just not as accessible in the same way. My parents would throw fifty cents at a book far faster than any tech (though cell phones didn't have color screens until I was in law school).
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Not sure I completely agree (or at least, it might only be true by perception, not by fact). The cost of the eReader is a higher investment initially, but it amortizes over time. Plus, when public domain books are
free, it could be far cheaper in the long run.
I'm quite upset at how much money I spent in my youth on "leatherbound classics" from Borders or B&N, which seemed like a great deal and looked very pretty on my shelf...until I discovered that the vast majority of the books were public domain, and so the publisher paid next to nothing to produce it. Those were $20-25 a pop they got in nearly pure profit.