I'd get the printed copy. Probably a second-hand copy for less than the price of the e-book. If second-hand prices are more than the cost of an e-book, then it makes even more sense to buy the printed copy.
The only way such a 'rental' approach could work is if a publisher made *all* their texts available for a one-cost deal. I might go for that. So long as I was allowed to print out a reasonable chunk of each book.
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Date: 2010-04-22 01:57 pm (UTC)If second-hand prices are more than the cost of an e-book, then it makes even more sense to buy the printed copy.
The only way such a 'rental' approach could work is if a publisher made *all* their texts available for a one-cost deal. I might go for that. So long as I was allowed to print out a reasonable chunk of each book.