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Originally Posted by Moejoe
The Bookswim guy is actually selling the idea to dedicated readers who purchase more than 24 books per year. Maybe not the casual read-and-toss readers who pick up a few paperbacks before they go on holiday or purchase on a whim at the super-mega-hyper-mart, but I wouldn't expect them to jump onboard early.
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Who are those "dedicated readers?" I know lots of readers... and very, very few of them (i.e. none I can think of) buy lots of hardcovers,
for themselves, every year. While many of them buy a handful of hardcovers, a double-or-triple handful of paperbacks, and
lots of books as gifts, having a Sony/Kindle doesn't help with those purchases.
Who buys a new hardcover every two weeks--not counting technical books, which often aren't available in ebook format?
I know such people exist; I have trouble believing they're the majority of book-buyers. You'd think they'd pitch the ebook devices at the casual holiday crowd: here's how you can pack two dozen books, not have to decide which ones before you leave, and definitely not run out during your vacation. (Of course, to pitch to that crowd, they have to acknowledge that they're charging the same for pbooks and ebooks. And that ebooks cost more than paperbacks sometimes.)