07-17-2009, 08:32 AM | #1 |
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Where's the (Kindle) used ebook store
As time with my Sony PRS-700 goes by and I have purchased quite some books, I am pretty upset not to be able to sell/trade/give away my 'used' ebooks.
Browsing the web I found this inspiring and interesting article by Jeremy Toemann used ebook store a discussion about reselling eboooks can be found here We, as a community should make an effort and contact our ebook stores and puplishers on this matter. What do you think?! Bestest, Mira |
07-17-2009, 08:33 AM | #2 |
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This really has been "done to death". Mira. If you do a search on the subject, you'll find all sorts of posts on it.
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07-17-2009, 09:08 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for the links, Mira. As Harry said, there has been a lot discussion of this topic. But that doesn't necessarily mean we should be quick to dismiss the subject. It's obviously still a problem in many people's minds.
I read the article by Toemann and, though I don't pretend to be an expert in this topic, I think he has new and constructive ideas. |
07-17-2009, 10:54 AM | #4 |
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Mira, here's a relevant article today on teleread that you might be interested in. Also mentions MR!
http://www.teleread.org/2009/07/17/y...-amazon-ebooks This is the concept that I think has not been made clear to folks, or that they prefer not to accept: you don't "buy" e-books from Amazon, you "rent" them. |
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When you check out eBooks from a library, and they tell you that you only have access for X number of weeks until the DRM expires, then that is a rent/license. When you "buy" an eBook from Amazon with no mention of expiration or time limit on the DRM, then you own that copy of the eBook. Whatever Amazon wants to call it after wards is irrelevant. Both the music and software industries have already tried that "sale vs license" argument in the courts, and have lost. With the software industry the case was specifically about the exact same argument of reselling DRM content, and they lost. The publishing industry is no different. |
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07-20-2009, 06:40 PM | #6 | |
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Somebody really ought to fix that. |
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