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Old 01-12-2010, 03:18 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by dsvick View Post
The problem with that is one of the selling points of eBooks for some people is the fact that it is "green" and you're not using paper, ink, etc. to create a paper book that will not be used.
That's hardly a problem. Anybody who doesn't want the pbook for environmental reasons can specifically buy the ebook.

It would definitely increase the number of purchases I'd make. In my current situation, ideally I want both. Since I can't really afford that (I'm talking about expensive academic texts here), I tend to buy neither. I admit this isn't entirely logical.

Doesn't have to be free, actually, just a very sharp discount (80%+). I asked Amazon about this way back when the Kindle came out. From the response, it hadn't even occurred to them this is something people might want!
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