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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Apple's failure in the ebook business has nothing to do with pricing and everything to do with access: when the only people who can even *look at the catalog* are those who've bought a $500 device, the market is too small to be sustainable. Sony at least puts their storefront online; you can't buy without their program (not, notably, their device), but you can see what they have.
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That's not entirely true, Elfwreck. You can use iBooks on an iPod Touch, which certainly doesn't cost $500.
I completely agree with the thrust of your argument, however, which is that Apple are shooting themselves in the foot by making the iBooks environment so "closed". That's why I read on my iPad - but with the Kindle App.