MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - So is the Iliad really production ready and is the market ready for e-readers?

pdam · 09-07-2006, 05:44 AM

I'm not sure it'll work like the music business - part of the reason for this was the target market and the fact there was a huge volume of p2p usage and copying - I'm not sure that target markets for readers are going to buy the device on the strength of available content any time soon.
In terms of bundling deals with newspapers - I also struggle to see the economic model - you'd be talking about a multi-year subscription to fund the device, even at €150 (although now I have mine it'd be great to subscribe to an Iliad version at the same cost as the paper version!)
Perhaps Libraries or Universities? But then again students won't buy a laptop AND an Iliad ... and they'll need the laptop...
ComanderROR - I fully agree about Joe Public deciding the fate of eReaders, and don't see anything yet to make him shell out €150 on this type of device sadly ...

09-07-2006, 05:44 AM	#5
pdam Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 100 Join Date: Aug 2006 Device: iLiad, iPaq, Psion5&7, Blackberry	I'm not sure it'll work like the music business - part of the reason for this was the target market and the fact there was a huge volume of p2p usage and copying - I'm not sure that target markets for readers are going to buy the device on the strength of available content any time soon. In terms of bundling deals with newspapers - I also struggle to see the economic model - you'd be talking about a multi-year subscription to fund the device, even at €150 (although now I have mine it'd be great to subscribe to an Iliad version at the same cost as the paper version!) Perhaps Libraries or Universities? But then again students won't buy a laptop AND an Iliad ... and they'll need the laptop... ComanderROR - I fully agree about Joe Public deciding the fate of eReaders, and don't see anything yet to make him shell out €150 on this type of device sadly ...