Auskar Wrote:I like the idea of ebooks but I am unhappy because it seems expensive.
1) Why do I have to buy the reader and the ebooks?
2) Maybe I get coupons for books?
3) What if I already have the book?
4) If I want to read a book I already own on my reader, do I have to rebuy it?
5) There are so many readers now, which one is best?
6) I'll buy a reader, I just don't know which one.
1. Because of free enterprise. Damn those jerks for wanting to make a profit.
2. E-books are dramatically cheaper than hardback copies. For older books, they are even cheaper than paperback copies. You want a coupon too?
3. Then bully for you. I've bought e-book versions of exactly three books I already owned--because my copies are falling apart and I know I will want to read them again and again. Nobody is putting a gun to your head (much as everyone here likes to put guns to people's heads) and forcing you to buy an e-book version of a book you already own.
4. On the Kindle, once you have bought an e-book, you never have to pay again for a second copy.... EXCEPT.... there is a limit (6, I think) of
different devices to which you can transfer your original purchase of the book.
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