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Old 03-19-2015, 04:47 PM   #15
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Err... I know???

Wait, you do realize I put the word "entirely" in there for some kind of actual reason, yes?

On account of... "entirely" implies that before it was "partially"?

(And because there are plenty of people who get/got paid library cards for US libraries.)
Yes, I did note the "entirely". Personally, my feeling is that Apprentice Alf and Calibre make that "entirely" hard to accept at this time. Not to mention that the majority of ebooks are read on non-eInk readers -- Android, iOS and Windows tablets are pretty much agnostic when it comes to ebook format and tablets of whatever flavour are the reading platform for the vast majority (last numbers I saw was that eInk ereaders were about 9% of the ereading market).

OTOH, I have a tendency to believe in profit being the motive driving most corporations. If Overdrive was making a profit supplying Kindle format ebooks to libraries in the USA, I can't see Rakuten changing that without a compelling reason given the American ereader market is dominated by Amazon.

OYAH, I find the tendency of denizens of the USA to believe they inhabit the center of the universe to be humourous. Recent example was a review of ereaders where 4 Amazon Kindle and 3 B&N Nook devices were the only entries in the eInk segment.

Of course, just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't out to get you...
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