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Yep, that's the one negative of all forms of digital content pretty much.
Can't buy used versions, no first sale rights in many cases etc.
I don't mind personally for books as I seldom bought used (textbooks during college aside) and never resold books (besides textbooks). The ones I don't want to keep (the vast majority) just get given away, donated or chucked in a recycling bin when moving and not having time to deal with donating.
So I'm fine with it for books as I prefer the convenience of not having a physical copy to store or dispose of.
But I hate it for video games as I get most of my games used off a game trading site (Goozex) and trade most every game on there after beating them.
Hopefully eventually they'll have some unified licensing system that allows reselling/transferring of licenses so people can sell their e-book, download game etc. while losing access to it on their machine (unless they rebuy).
That's the main challenge to it for publishers. With a paper book you sell or give away you no longer have a copy. It's much easier to keep a copy of an e-book while selling or giving away multiple copies.
So we're not going to get first sale rights until they come up with a system to allow sales/trades that takes the license away from the seller/giver. Pirates will still get around it of course, but the average user would be fine with it just like they're fine with selling or giving away the physical copy and not having access to it.
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