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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 |
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Originally Posted by whismerhill
My mistake forgot to escape this argument from my initial quote.
hu ... I disagree ???
I'm not exactly sure of what you're talking about, but the ability to change the display of text on the fly is provided by my kindle's firmware....
Do you realize how messed up that opinion is ?
Basically you're claiming your right to be completely abused & ripped off by companies with abusive ebook prices, just because you bought the device so hey... now you have it, you NEED to make use of it ???
I'm sorry I don't want to come off as rude or anything, also not trying to start a flame war. I'm just like... completely destabilized by your arguments ...
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I actually forgot to include DiapDealer's backup argument.
Anyway...
I find your condescending belief that only your opinions matter to be quite worrying.
There are times I enjoy arguing against silliness, but this isn't one of them -- I don't really want to deal with the rudeness.
So I won't bother to debate this with you, instead I will simply say:
>/dev/null
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Originally Posted by darryl
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.
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Thank you for coming to my defense.
But I am not sure it is worth it if it encourages further rude replies.