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Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by hilbert42 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:16AM (#36706671)
"I'm sending a message to publishers that physical books are in demand (not the case)"

Since when? There may be a reduction in demand but bookshops where I live are full of customers.

I only buy physical copies—actual black atoms on white paper aren't as ephemeral as digital copies, neither are they subject the DRM nonsense.

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Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:13PM (#36714546)
I am kinda doing both. There are books I want to own. Some I own in both formats.

There may be a reduction and I am kinda starting to warm up to my reader's ability to add multiple bookmarks to quotable quotes/interesting concepts/neat scripts, but I am not sure parent is right.

Maybe it depends on locale? If anyone has good data on that, it is likely to be Amazon.

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Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by hilbert42 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @05:26AM (#36735061)
FYI, I'm not referring to Amazon (I've not used it in years), but rather to smaller independent bookshops.
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