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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
The two aren't comparable. iPod users are generally downloading individual tracks, not full albums. The equivalent for a book would be getting a chapter at a time.
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A single track is an individual work in its own right, so is a book. And a single track is a bigger download than a book. People don't go to record stores to do it.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Where would you buy a reader?
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Certainly not in a bookshop!
In the same way that I didn't buy my mp3 player or my stereo system from a record shop or my TV from a DVD store. I'll buy an electronic gadget from a shop that specialises in and understands electronic gadgets. It's what almost everyone else does and I see no reason why they would suddenly decide to change in the case of ebooks.
Are there people who would prefer the safety of someone else loading their books (or their music tracks)? Of course. Are there enough of them prepared to pay the premium for housing and staffing the service? I doubt it.
Dedicated bookshops in the UK are dying anyway. This will be one more nail in their coffin.