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There are many things I like about Ebooks, but until I can lend it to a friend or sell it when I'm done with it, I'm done with them. I can buy a used (and some

• criddell 8y ago
  Ebooks have too many advantages that I can't give them up. For example, I can make the text as large as I need and for many of us, that's a killer feature. I am sympathetic to the argument against DRM though. It seems criminal that I can't leave my ebook collection to somebody after I die.
  • gnicholas 8y ago
    > It seems criminal that I can't leave my ebook collection to somebody after I die. It's a bummer for sure, but this is probably overkill. I think the main issue is that the price doesn't necessarily reflect this limitation. For many books, it probably wouldn't affect people's willingness to pay that much, but for books that they'd like to be able to give away or bequeath, it could matter a bit.
  • jpindar 8y ago
    >It seems criminal that I can't leave my ebook collection to somebody after I die. Technically, you could, but doing that would be.... criminal.
• the_watcher 8y ago
  You can lend many Kindle books (source: I do it semi-regularly). Many public libraries also offer ebooks. Your point about paper copies often being cheaper is definitely true, and for books I plan to re-read, refer to, etc., I now default to this. But one of the reasons I like my Kindle is that I can take an entire library with me on a month long trip, change my mind about what I want to read, buy a new book if it comes out while I'm gone, and sample things I'd otherwise need to go into a bookstore to find.