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Old 11-29-2013, 09:36 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Yapyap View Post
They also tend to be people who haven't had to move to a new home with more than a couple of boxes of books (or if they have, they haven't been personally responsible for doing it).
… and have never had a whole box of books disappear somewhere in that move. <sob /> …sorry, I'm still bitter

I'm quite a bit more impressed with this poll than most similar ones. They actually seem to have asked the right sort of questions. I'm particularly pleased to see that 36% of those who prefer DTBs cite as their reasons exactly what Amazon promotes as the benefits of a Kindle: "I am not restricted to a particular device" (20%), '"I can easily share it" (10%), … and "I can sell it when used" (6%)'. When e-book sales level off and Amazon, and whoever's left in the trade, look for ways to continue to grow the business, maybe they'll realize that vendor lock-in and end-user licenses are not good for anybody.
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