04-02-2011, 10:55 PM | #76 |
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Do you get to see if you can download the eBooks as ePub before purchase or are you only to know this after the purchase?
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04-02-2011, 10:59 PM | #78 |
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Not to drag Apple into this, but I remember when Steve Jobs introduced the 2nd AppleTV, which only streams content. He said basically that his customers want to own* their music, but want to just rent their video content-hence the two models (buying iTunes music, streaming iTunes video). Based on how Apple is treating iBooks, I think they (and many readers here) put books in the "own" not "rent/stream" category, which is why the Netflix analogy doesn't seem to work here. (I understand the analogy, I just think how the content is used is more an issue than you think-even Pandora is probably used as a radio replacement rather than a CD collection replacement)
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Moderator Notice This thread has turned into nothing more than "is so", "is not" and the insults are still flying... so I am closing it. To bad, it could have been an interesting topic to discuss. |
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