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Originally Posted by hansl
For me this is incremental suicide. For how long will booksellers remain independent if they get lots of money for nothing from the world's biggest bookseller.
If I would find a Kindle in an independent bookstore I would turn around and run. And never drop a Euro in this shop again. Except if they pay me 10% for each book which I don't buy with a Kindle. This is the suicide part. And in the end I'd buy a Kindle somewhere else.
Cheers,
hansl
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I truly don't see how selling kindles in a paper book store will cut down on paper book sales. It is not like kindles can't be bought elsewhere.
It's not like Amazon is giving the customer a discount. They are paying the stores a commission.
The store stands a pretty good chance of making an ongoing profit for a couple of years with no risk or even effort for most of it.
Lots of people have switched to ebooks, but that has and will continue to happen.
I'm thinking that the majority of adults have decided by now, and the market for ereading devices will decline, but many holdouts would be more comfortable buying from a bookstore they are familiar with than online, or in an electronics store. Still if they want one they will get one, so with a profit on the reader and two years commission, plus the initial money back guarantee it would be foolhardy not to give it a try.
Helen