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For a lot of what I do, a reader would be fine, but the support just isn't there. Most of the textbooks are in little used proprietary formats, that are not supported on any dedicated devices. Hell, most of them are Win/Mac only (thus leaving out PDAs and things of that nature too). And it isn't uncommon for the books to have expiration dates either. I refuse to pay prices at, or near, print prices when I am unable to resell the book and I cannot use it 6 months later (which, hey, if you have classes that reuse the same book across more than one semester, you're SOL). I should be able to use that book for as long as I want, if I am paying so much for it. Last book I got, $70 for the ebook, where as the print copy was $85, and the ebook has a 6 month expiration. Just not worth it.
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