Sale Of Used E-books Getting Closer

'Used EBooks' Getting Closer
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2011 file photo, Heather Stephenson, a librarian at the Siouxland Library main branch, demonstrates how to download a book from siouxlandlib.org onto an e-reader. E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers e-releases, according to a survey published Friday, June 22, 2012 by the Pew Research Center. (AP Photo/The Argus Leader, Emily Spartz, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2011 file photo, Heather Stephenson, a librarian at the Siouxland Library main branch, demonstrates how to download a book from siouxlandlib.org onto an e-reader. E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing if their local branch offers e-releases, according to a survey published Friday, June 22, 2012 by the Pew Research Center. (AP Photo/The Argus Leader, Emily Spartz, File)

At a time when many independent booksellers both here and abroad are beginning to gain traction selling Kobo e-books, other retailers are eyeing the secondary market for e-books and other digital content.

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