I love the Kindle's ability to download my newspaper VIA the wireless. It may seem silly, I know I could dl via usb using Calibre or some other tool for free, but the wireless is just so easy and convinient being an all in one portable solution. Now since she wrote "'...download AND the ability..." maybe she's not aware of the alternatives?
Also I don't understand the fear of publishers that people will buy ebooks instead of hard copies. As long as they sell a unit for $x do they care what packaging the unit comes in? Do they actually sell ebooks for less per unit profit than hardbacks or paperbacks? So far I've been lead to believe they don't but I'm not sure I've seen any hard numbers.
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