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Old 09-05-2007, 08:17 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by rlauzon View Post
The current crop of DRMed eBooks sell for hardcover prices.
- So ignore all the paperbacks you see in the used piles.
Umm. No, I'm not going to ignore anything. I responded to a specific pair of statements. I quoted the statements to which I was responding. The rest is immaterial.

By the by, the number of used hardcovers I've seen for sale far outstrip the number of used paperbacks I've seen. That's most likely because there's no money in used paperbacks. The Strand is actually up to eighteen miles of shelves now (I quoted their old number of "8" upthread). They're predominately filled with hardcovers.

My personal experience is the same as HarryT's. Most people I know dump most of the non-collectible books they buy, whether they're hardcovers or not. Space is just at too much of a premium.
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