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Originally Posted by pwalker8
make browsing for ebooks online as satisfying an experience as browsing at a book store, then it will take off a lot faster. In theory it should be
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Why do you think it should be just as satisfying? RL browsing has several natural advantages; even the constraints can be a benefit (see "paradox of choice"). I don't think it's obvious that a website can be as satisfying - I'd say it's a series of tradeoffs. Maybe you'd need full VR to make something strictly superior :-P.
Filtering out free & self-published books just achieves parity (on one specific criteria). Recommendation engines are a distinct advantage for websites... if you don't enjoy talking to people :-).
It's always easy to say the electronic version should be more efficient, but to show that it's actually pleasant you either need a lot of analysis, or evidence from specific comparisons.