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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
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.)
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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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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
It's hard to convince someone to try something they've already decided they hate...
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Unless you are someone they look up to/respect/idolise....