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Originally Posted by plib
Which was kinda my point. It's virtually impossible to have a monopoly in retail, so comparisons to other high barrier to entry industries, or even transportation, are pretty meaningless.
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Bingo! I'm beyond tired of reading all this non-existant doom & gloom all because the BPH don't want to join the 21st century.
Has technology changed the music industry? Absolutely...for the better, since I can buy ONLY the songs I want without having to buy an entire album full of crappy songs, all from the comfort of my home. What's not to like? Yet I don't see anyone accusing Amazon of having a monopoly on music.
The same will be true with ebooks. I love Amazon for everything EXCEPT their readers & their ebooks! And I buy lots of ebooks.
I don't have room to store endless amounts of books I ran out of room YEARS ago & stopped buying them. Well in the 2 years since I got my ereaders, I have acquired over 500 books & none of them from Amazon.
The BPH are just going to have to deal with the fact that the simplicity & ease of ereaders is going to take over & all their feet dragging is not going to put the genie back in the bottle.
They all *itch about Amazon, but THEY are the ones who have broken the law trying to maintain THEIR monopoly!