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Originally Posted by Argel
Presumably the people who buy an ereader from Waterstones won't be buying their ebooks from Waterstones. In effect, they are selling their own customers - or at least part of their book-spend
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Well, we don't know. Maybe they will introduce some sort of nice service that will compete with fictionwise or similar. Who knows? I don't think they are going to only sell ebook readers. Moreover, I believe it is a wise decision. The same strategy as Amazon.com. Waterstone and Amazon realised that ebooks are going to be our future and they start to sell ebook readers to keep their customers.
I must admit I never buy books in book shops. I buy 90% from Amazon, 9% from Amazon marketplace and 1% from ebay. Just yesterday I got the first 2 books Harry Potter from Amazon - special edition in clothbound hardback cover
