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Originally Posted by whismerhill
it is, but the feature is provided at the device level. the device actually process the action required. the book only acts as the data source.
irrelevant to who provides the feature.
So yeah, no need to go in circles & debate this. It's going to be a completely circular debate.
At least now I understand that if anything the price for ebooks' prices are gonna go up since people like you find it adds more value.
Personally I seldom use notes, bookmarks & searches, probably because my kindle 2 is a bit cumbersome to use those features, either way I just read. About the only thing I need is the "last page read" feature, and my wife does custom page markers for me  and my pbooks |
The distinction between whether a feature is provided by the device or by the ebook itself is artificial and irrelevant. What is relevant are the features available to the reader, not how or where in the chain they are provided. If you could not read, you could not enjoy the benefits or either pbooks or ebooks. Would you then say that the benefits of pbooks are not features of the books themselves but of your education?
Perceptions of value are subjective. There is no objective measure to say one perception of value is better than any other. My prediction, and it is only my opinion, is that prices of traditionally published ebooks will come down. Prices of some Indie/Self-Published books may also rise. It does not matter who sets the price but traditional publishers realise that their books must compete lest they continue to haemorrhage market share.