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Originally Posted by HarryT
Doubt if there's a market for it for adult books alone. Children (if my nephews are anything to go by) get through a lot of books as young children. Most adults don't read more than few books a year. The "book a month" borrowing that Prime gets you is more than enough for the overwhelming majority of people, I'm certain.
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1- There has long been a lot of speculation about a "netflix for ebooks", a for-pay ebook library service, and Amazon (always looking for an angle) has been trying to find a busiess model that would make sense for users,, publishers, and them.
2- Whether or not they can find such a magic mix that *grows* the market instead of cannibalizing sales is unclear, which is what makes these experiments interesting.
3- "Most adults don't read more that a few books a year" reminds me of the old conventional wisdom : "eBooks are for techies and hobbyists only.
As Gregor of Barrayar says: "Let's see what happens."
Amazon has surprised us before. They may not be done yet.