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Originally Posted by ficbot
I keep hearing about how worried the publishers are about the ebooks because they think the people who bought ebook readers are the people who used to buy the hardbacks, but I have yet to encounter a single reader for whom this is true. Most ebook readers seem to be one of two types:
1) They did used to buy books, but never/seldom new hardbacks. They used to buy paperbacks, remaindered hardbacks or used book store books
2) They never bought any books and did all their reading from the library or from books they borrowed off other people
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Well, the most common reason to buy a hardback book among people I know is that it is available before the paperback. And a lot of people buying that hardback is annoyed because a hardback book takes to much space and would pay the same amount for a paperback book if it was avavilable. And for the people that just like to read the book as fast as possible ebooks do reduce hardback sales.