Thread: There should be a 20% tax on pbooks
View Single Post
Old 03-03-2012, 12:44 PM   #1
markbot
Guru
markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.markbot ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
markbot's Avatar
 
Posts: 612
Karma: 7511929
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: New York, NY
Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2
There should be a 20% tax on pbooks
If governments in the developed world are serious about environmental conservation, they should seriously consider a 20% tax on new paper books and paper newspapers in order to benefit the adoption of ereaders and ebooks. Ebooks take a lower toll on the environment.

This would get publishers to start pushing ebooks more than hardcovers, which are a COMPLETE WASTE of paper, energy, and space.

The tax funds would go to libraries to purchase ebooks.

Also, we'd make ebooks transferable like pbooks so anyone could lend and resell them without onerous restrictions.
Last edited by markbot; 03-04-2012 at 05:12 PM.
markbot is offline   Reply With Quote