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Originally Posted by Penforhire
I've been suggesting a subscription book service ever since I joined this group. And the Kindle is uniquely positioned to operate this way (remote load/delete from a large distributer). But I don't see any indications of such a service incubating today.
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Subscription services start with very powerful disadvantages so there need to be strong incentives for them; also the e-book content is simply not there right now for Amazon; maybe when Google digitizes everything that will change...
Amazon is clearly positioning itself in the e-book space as is Sony, but I think that neither is willing to take major risks right now considering the history of commercial e-books