Part of the reason is probably also because eBooks are probably way more beneficial to the publishers and retailers than the hardware manufacturers. You think Amazon made the kindle because they wanted to get into the hardware business? Probably not. They probably just wanted to sell a lot of non-lendable non-resellable books.
@MrPointedHelix The lendability of kindle books can actually be better in some situations than with normal books. For instance, as a book collector, the last thing I want is to let everyone else get my books messy by reading them while eating and other ghastly things people do to books. So I let my family share my kindle account (via other kindles, iphones, and PCs) and now it's the Kindle books that I end up sharing more.
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Part of the reason is probably also because eBooks are probably way more beneficial to the publishers and retailers than the hardware manufacturers. You think Amazon made the kindle because they wanted to get into the hardware business? Probably not. They probably just wanted to sell a lot of non-lendable non-resellable books.
@MrPointedHelix The lendability of kindle books can actually be better in some situations than with normal books. For instance, as a book collector, the last thing I want is to let everyone else get my books messy by reading them while eating and other ghastly things people do to books. So I let my family share my kindle account (via other kindles, iphones, and PCs) and now it's the Kindle books that I end up sharing more.