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Originally Posted by Geosprouter
This is just a really silly comment.
You need to broaden your horizons all my "old" friends have Nooks, Kindles or iPads and are buying and downloading books just fine. That includes myself.
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More, the older readers were early adopters of the mainstreaming of ebooks. As recently as spring 2010, the market had a pronounced demographic bulge in the older age groups. It is only in the last 18 months, *after* the 3 hr price war, that the younger groups started to catch up.
http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/stati...oks-in-the-us/
The fact that every ebook can be a "large print" title makes ebook readers compelling for older readers.