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Old 08-28-2008, 01:40 PM   #135
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I've become convinced that word-of-mouth and direct demo from friends and relatives are probably resulting in 90% of reader sales, worldwide. (Which sounds nice, but it's a damned slow way of selling a product.)
Well, its a slow start, but it is exponential...

As another example, I showed it to my Mum, who has slight eyesight problems and finds small print difficult to read was very taken with the resizing supported by the MobiPocket/Kindle formats. I know she has a lot of friends she would show it too as well. (I may have accidentally backed myself into a Christmas Present for her....)

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It's hard to convince someone to try something they've already decided they hate...
Unless you are someone they look up to/respect/idolise....
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