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Originally Posted by HarryT
People are happy to pay $400 for a mobile phone, and then pay a monthly subscription to use it. It is a proven business model.
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Except it's not so proven in the ebook industry. If memory serves, the earliest ebook readers required a monthly subscription and direct-download via telephone cable plugged into the device, no computer required. Hopefully Amazon looked at the failures of those devices when developing their own direct-download ebook device and have come up with a better solution. Perhaps something like a "wireless tax" on each download, so cost is tied to usage.