Re:Offline Book "Lending" Costs U.S. Publishers Nearly $1 Tr...
by Poiesis on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @01:11PM
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A related note: this is one reason why publishers like ebooks (obviously there are disadvantages for them, too). It's also why I don't like ebooks.
I guess I'm a cheapskate. Well over 50% of my personal book consumption comes from used or library books. Over 90% of my family's books come from such sources as well. I would absolutely love to dive into ebooks, if only to massively reduce the physical volume said books take.
But I can't, not without either severely curtailing our family's reading or increasing our spending by, probably, a thousandfold.
I guess I'm a cheapskate. Well over 50% of my personal book consumption comes from used or library books. Over 90% of my family's books come from such sources as well. I would absolutely love to dive into ebooks, if only to massively reduce the physical volume said books take.
But I can't, not without either severely curtailing our family's reading or increasing our spending by, probably, a thousandfold.