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Old 07-06-2008, 03:52 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by grimo1re View Post
Here's another one I really don't agree with: "Book-lovers are always late adaptors, and generally suspicious of new technology." Need I even address this?
I think you do. It's not a truth or falsehood that is immediately obvious to the eye -- so if you have evidence to the contrary, why withhold it?

Just don't fall into the error of assuming that because Mobileread is full of booklovers who clearly are not late adaptors or suspicious of new technology, this particular constituency is even remotely significant statistically.

(Vice versa, of course, I'm not clear there is any support for Hornby's statement in the first place, but that's the other side of the coin -- it should be polished separately.)
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