Why the Second-Hand Ebook Market May Never Take Off - Fortune

Panzer was cleaning out the console next to the pilot's seat when he found a wadded up post. Flattening it out he discovered it was a post from the Fortune site about selling your "used" ebooks.

According to David Meyer's post on the Fortune site, the European Union's (EU) highest court has put the "second-hand" "used" ebook market out of business. In a ruling against former used ebook store now used ebook book club Tom Kabinet, the court ruled ebooks cannot be treated the same as hardback/paperback books and re-sold. Whether the ruling will apply to streaming material such as games and music wasn't addressed in the ruling, but will probably be in future cases.

If it's illegal there, I guess it's illegal here.

Panzer says, "Hmm ... I didn't even know there was a market for used ebooks."

Note: This is a long post. Bring a cup of hot cocoa, a muffin and two chocolate chip cookies for today's reading selection.

To read the post tootle over to used ebooks