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I like the idea of a kiosk in a bookstore to download e-books. I find browsing in bookstores more satisfying than browsing on Amazon. It's easier/quicker to see something that I hadn't previously heard of that might interest me. Sometimes I go to Borders or B&N, see some books that look interesting, and then go online to see if they are available as e-books.
Other times I may see an online listing for an e-book from an author that I'm unfamiliar with that might be interesting. I may go to the public library or a bookstore and look at the paper version: Do the first two pages hold my attention? I may pick a random page in the middle of the book and see if it still seems interesting. (If it's supposed to be a mystery, but the random page gives me a fairly explicit sex scene, it goes back on the shelf and gets crossed off my list because that's not what I'm looking for. Or if I'm looking for a cozy mystery and the random page has a CSI-type description of the body...)
If I could buy a book as an e-book while in the store, instead of going home to buy it, that would be good. It would be convenient for me as a consumer, and, depending on how the companies set it up, it might mean that some of my money would go to the store where I decided to buy the book. Currently I can spend an hour in Borders but they don't get any of my money because I'm going to buy the book as an e-book if possible.
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