Thread: Will eBooks create an elite reading class?
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Old 09-26-2014, 09:04 PM   #80
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by saoir View Post
Considering the price of hardbacks even most paperbacks, this old quote is just so much garbage isn't it.
Three hardbacks gets you a Kindle.
True, but consider the thread dates back to early 2010, when ereaders cost ten hardcovers' worth. Smartphones were not yet ubiquitous and iPad was just a rumor.

This is really a perfect example of how fast and thoroughly technology disruptions change things.
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