I think you're forgetting the +$3.99 shipping on used books at Amazon
I didn't emphasize it, to be sure. But I'm aware it's there. However, in many cases, it *still* doesn't raise the price above the Kindle price, and in any event Amazon itself sells some of the books in which I'm interested in dead tree versions for less than list price (if not for less than the Kindle price); Amazon, of course, will ship for free if you buy $25 or more from it in a single order. And I've been able to get used books amazingly cheaply elsewhere on the Web; I just stuck to Amazon as an example because I wasn't feeling so great and was lazy when I composed my reply to your last comment.
That's an interesting point, though; as far as I know there is no way to resell a Kindle book.
There isn't. I found a comment thread on the Kindle 2 (?) Amazon page to the effect that you can't even easily share a Kindle book, purchased by one Kindle owner, with another Kindle owned by a different person (the example was of a husband and wife, both having Kindles). Apparently you can get around this (I think by getting the Kindle book converted, as brandyeileen mentions above), but it is something of a disincentive.
You also make an interesting point that people who like to resell old books would not really be interested in a Kindle, though that again may be a dying market.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 03:37am on 17/02/2009![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
I didn't emphasize it, to be sure. But I'm aware it's there. However, in many cases, it *still* doesn't raise the price above the Kindle price, and in any event Amazon itself sells some of the books in which I'm interested in dead tree versions for less than list price (if not for less than the Kindle price); Amazon, of course, will ship for free if you buy $25 or more from it in a single order. And I've been able to get used books amazingly cheaply elsewhere on the Web; I just stuck to Amazon as an example because I wasn't feeling so great and was lazy when I composed my reply to your last comment.
There isn't. I found a comment thread on the Kindle 2 (?) Amazon page to the effect that you can't even easily share a Kindle book, purchased by one Kindle owner, with another Kindle owned by a different person (the example was of a husband and wife, both having Kindles). Apparently you can get around this (I think by getting the Kindle book converted, as
You also make an interesting point that people who like to resell old books would not really be interested in a Kindle, though that again may be a dying market.