About renting. One thing that is difficult to articulate… the nature of the “vibes” in used stuff. Other than a few esoteric writers (I’m thinking of Karen Kingston especially) almost no one talks about this. But I think the “vibes” are felt by some people and this is– in part– why so many insist on buying things new, and also why some people pay outrageous amounts for, say, Jackie O’s plastic pearls, or an autographed baseball. Interestingly, Karen Kingston claims she can zap the vibes with a special kind of bell. So, hey, maybe there’s a market there! Vibe-clear preowned whatever.

The question is, do ebooks have vibes? Ha, I would guess not. (But clothes? Eew.)