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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Right: No one uses iTunes.
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That's not what I said. Please
read what I write.
Far fewer songs are downloaded from iTunes than you think.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
All of the devices I mentioned can read text formats, and therefore e-books. So my statement is perfectly true. (Obviously, that doesn't apply to Kindles, so for the purpose of this thread, I will limit my comments to the Kindle from here on out.)
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And where, exactly, can one purchase a text eBook of a current NY Times best seller?
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Non-sequitor, since I didn't say anything about DRM. Used e-books have nothing to do with the cost of a new e-book. And there are e-books out there that cost less than printed books.
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That is correct. But none of those cheap eBooks are "mainstream". All "mainstream" books that are available as eBooks have DRM.
If you are going to talk about the Kindle and eBooks, DRM is something that must be addressed.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
So you buy e-books that don't use DRM. There are a few out there. You can even load them onto the Kindle.
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I do. And then I read them on a device that's much cheaper than a Kindle.