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Old 03-20-2008, 04:34 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce View Post
E-book readers need a barcode scanner. Browse in a bookstore, find a book you like, scan it with your Kindle, and it's in your shopping cart for the brick-and-mortar's online partner/counterpart.
Interesting idea but why not just use the hardware that is there. The USB connection could be used to establish a connection to a computer program that would grab the id and then the purchase could be accomplished. It could all be done at the cash register of a properly designed brick and mortar / eBook store. The eBook would then be downloaded directly. This could be made to work with all of the eBook Readers with no additional hardware cost for the reader device. Of course a Kindle can use whisper net but then the store gets no credit.

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