If they could find a way to make that price work it'd be great. cheap enough to let children use it. Imagine the Judy Bloom collection in one little machine for say $100 or the Harry Potter magic e-reader with all 7 books plus the extras for less than the set of hardcovers. They could even avoid DRM problems by putting it all in firmware, of just neglect to add a usb port. They could do it with a read only SD card like a game boy cartridge. It would take up less space than an anthology, have first sale rights, lending rights, the copyright cartel would get their money. A cheap e-reader the size of a dvd case would be the ultimate win.
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