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Old 08-13-2009, 02:40 PM   #219
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
And until eBooks universally become thoroughly proofread, corrected, and typographically as pristine as paper books, treating them as "books" in any price-comparison scenario is generous beyond my willingness to accept.
I don't know what paper books you've been buying, but the ones I've been reading still have plenty of grammatical, spelling or typographical errors.

My main objection to paying "too much" for an eBook is that I can't give it away or sell it when I'm done with it. A paper book can be taken down to my local discount book store and traded in for cash or store credit. My book swapping group is expert at finding the least expensive way to mail books around the world (ever hear of an M-bag?). The eBook is restricted to me or my account with a limited number of devices on which it can be read. Treated like software rather than a *book*, there is no legal way for me to transfer "ownership" to another, short of giving that person my device.
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