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Originally Posted by Fbone
In the UK ereaders are more expensive than US. Are they more willing to purchase two devices if unhappy with an ebook store?
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I don't have a feel for comparative prices. I suspect they are more expensive, but that will probably have more to do with the local market, like the level of taxes applied to the purchase.
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Once someone there buys a kindle, Amazon has them probably for a long time especially if their library doesnt have Overdrive.
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Once someone has a Kindle
here, Amazon is betting that it has them for a long time. The whole Kindle system is about vendor lock in, and "You can have any ebook you want, as long as you buy it from Amazon."
There are certainly folks with more than one reader (and I suspect the majority hang out on MobileRead), but for them it's a hobby thing, and they simply enjoy having and playing with more than one device.
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Are Waterstones and WH Smith unhappy with the higher costs of Sony and PB products?
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They may be.
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I wonder if the epub retailers should subsidize the Sonys and PBs by a special promotion somehow to gain future customers.
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How? Price below cost and take a loss on every sale to build market share? There's a limit to how much any retailer can
afford to do that and stay in business. And the dedicated book chains are under heavy pressure as it is, and many are showing losses. Lots of folks are placing bets on how long Borders will survive, for example. (And there were rumors Barnes and Noble might buy them that foundered on the question of where B&N would get the money. It would be a case of betting two sick companies would make a healthy one, which is not a bet lenders are enthusiastic about making.)
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Dennis