There will always be half price books though, when people buy books from amazon and want to get rid of them.
What I am surprised is that video and cd stores are still alive with iTunes/piracy/RedBox/Netflix.
Books are honestly overpriced at Barnes and Nobles and all, I always buy my books at half price or from Amazon with prime shipping my mom pays for. It saves me $3-5 every time I buy a book.
I did download a kindle book that was free for my college humanities test this coming Monday. Free e-book for my pc ftw.

 

A book never runs out of battery power, never needs to be recharged, never hard to read in the sun, never breaks when you drop it, never suddenly vanishes when a virus attacks never becomes obsolete when a new operating system comes out. In fact I could probably write a book on how a hardcopy book is better than the electronic version.

 

Remember Tower Records?

 

 

The books for the Kindle, iPad, etc. are more expensive than the real books.

If I want to read a hard back book I go to the library. Any books I buy are paperback, well except for those I pick up at garage sales. Haven't seen any electronic books (as opposed to the readers) at a garage sale yet. Will I?

Add one more thing to your list of why paper books are better, if you drop them in the tub you don't destroy hundreds of dollars worth of equipment.

There are some things I like about electronic books, but every advantage I see to them applies only to text books. I do like the ability to change the font and the size, but the downsides are much greater than the upsides.

I read 5-6 novels a week so my cost factor is quite a bit higher than most of you.

We should ignore any comments by the "younger" generation, they won't even read long posts on the forum, much less read a book so they don't know what they're talking about.

 

Not all of them are more expensive.. but some are for sure.

You won't yet.. but you can lend out eligible Kindle books to others for 14 days.. Sharing is caring.

 

I still prefer tactile feel of flipping pages and even the smell of the book that I'm reading.

 

electronic books do suck. but all book stores will probably be out of business in less then 10 years. Amazon.com is the best bet. broadline book stores can't compete with online prices.

 

just curious, have any of you guys that prefer regular books over ebooks ever used them before (like for a whole book at least)? i have a kindle and i won't go back to regular ones, unless the book i want to read isn't available for it.

agreed that it is more expensive (unless you buy hardcover 1st editions), but i don't mind paying. i can afford it now and the author deserves it but i also don't read that many...one book every few weeks to few months on average.

 

What happens when new version of a book won't play in the 1st generation Kindle and you have to buy the latest and greatest Kindle?