Thread: Why do many e-books cost more than paperback?
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Old 06-26-2007, 10:55 AM   #72
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Originally Posted by Liviu_5 View Post
This is why e-books "is" bad for society and should be discouraged; in the aftermath of armageddon (nuclear war was the first choice there), we will lose all our cultural heritage; this was an argument made seriously not long ago by a respected editor in a widely viewed website.
So now you know why publishers discourage e-books; for the good of humanity!!
and paper would survive the armageddon? I don't think the current printing material would survive that long actually.
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