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Old 05-21-2012, 10:42 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash View Post
Would you want to go to six different physical bookstores to find a paper book? What if they were in different parts of town and you had to get in your car six different times and drive to six different locations. And have to use six different credit cards to buy your book.

It is a stupid model.

If I don't know what I want to read, I have to browse six different stores?

No thanks
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Honestly, the idea that browsing six electronic bookstores is the same as browsing six physical bookstores is just wrong. Give that up.
Whether the publishers can minimize Amazon's dominance by creating alternate sales channels and models is uncertain. I'm certain they'll keep trying and the Pottermore model is one option- and a reasonably consumer-friendly one if you are not exclusively an Amazon customer.
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