Re: Re: Usability of ebook readers for nonfiction books

I wish I could make every publisher read this article. I would buy many
more scholarly books in e-format if the e-books were easier to use.

Many scholarly publishers make e-books available in .pdf format only, and
often they charge the full hard-cover price for the e-book on top of that.
I'm willing to pay the equivalent of a paperback for an e-book, but I'm not
willing to pay the equivalent of a hardback for a .pdf that is extremely
difficult to use.

A somewhat less-preferred option--that no one offers--would be the ability
to buy a reasonably priced bundle of e-book plus paperback. A cumbersome
.pdf wouldn't be so bad if I had the paperback too. Then I could at least
have the benefits of both formats. But there's no way I would pay hardcover
prices for an e-book and then buy a paperback book on top of that.

Given the current options, I usually get my nonfiction and scholarly books
in print from the library. It's a shame, when the e-format has so much
potential.


Beth

On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 5:46 AM, [email protected] [ebook-community] <
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