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Originally Posted by Moejoe
None. I don't buy physical books any longer, just as I don't buy newspapers, magazines or anything printed on paper. I just don't see the need of a physical object, not when I can have the convenience and virutal limitless space afforded to me by technology.
But...let's say it was me four or five years ago you're talking about. And let's say I was looking for this classic book. And let's further say you didn't add the choice I would have made back then.
Choice F: Walk out of the bookshop, go to the local second-hand bookshop. Sit down with the nice lady there, Alice, have a cup of tea and a chat, buy a second-hand copy from her no matter what the binding or anything else. 
I will still buy an ebook that has a good cover, but as long as the story inside is readable, I couldn't give a gnat's chuff how it's layed out, or what typographical jiggery-pokery is going on (the same with web pages. Good design is good, I want it, but I'm much more interested in getting to the meaning of the content.) |
Pretty poor cop-out trying to avoid the constraints of the exercise, but it does still illustrate your way of thinking.