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> social, decorative, nostalgic This is subjective and not monetary value. The only people that care about social, decorative, and nostalgic value of books are
by moistgorilla 12y ago
> social, decorative, nostalgic
This is subjective and not monetary value. The only people that care about social, decorative, and nostalgic value of books are also the people who probably wont resell books.
> works without power
finding a place to charge your device is easy and ereaders last months without recharging
> easy to share, resell
Sure but the money you save by reselling a book is probably less than what you save by buying the ebook
Space and weight are real, expensive costs. Owning a library has negative monetary value. Owning a library of ebooks doesn't. It's stored on the internet and you can access it from anywhere.
Basically, if your books aren't furniture and you aren't sharing your books multiple times a month ebooks provide more value.
- terrywilcox 12y ago“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” - Oscar Wilde
- mcguire 12y ago"Sure but the money you save by reselling a book is probably less than what you save by buying the ebook" Not under the publisher's model.
- kamakazizuru 12y ago"Sure but the money you save by reselling a book is probably less than what you save by buying the ebook" This is what I had hoped for when Kindle came around and Amazon started pushing Ebooks - but unfortunately it just isnt true. The difference between ebook and paperback is currently low enough that if you maintain your paperbacks well - you'll still end up spending less (net) on the book - in quite a few cases. (Heck you can even resell the paperbacks using Amazon ;))