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ghaff on May 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: I won’t buy ebooks anymore

It's not a terrible deal if I prefer it in digital form (most fiction in particular) especially if I'm likely to only read it once. In normal circumstances, digital is much better for me as I can travel with all the books I want.

ver_ture on May 26, 2020 [–]

It's a good deal if you want to own the ability to read digitally for the agreed upon time period. Read = 1, Property = null.

It's a terrible deal if you want to own the e-book for a second read, because you haven't bought that.

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