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Old 03-10-2009, 07:44 PM   #118
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114 View Post
Past doesn't matter, the present does.

And in the present it's a niche of people who:

1. Read enough books to justify buying a device that's only a reader.
2. And who aren't stubborn and stuck on reading real books.

If you just buy a handful of books a year, there's no point in buying a device that does nothing but books at any price really. And if 60% of people read 1 or fewer books a year.....then yes that's a niche market.
Lets make one thing perfectly clear. E-Books ARE real books. The others are "paper" books

over 80% of the books on my device aren't bought. They are public domain editions of authors who knew how to write and capture, and keep, a readers attention without explicit sex, swearing or in your face violence,. (Not that I'm against those things, but they have their place )

You don't have to BUY books to use the device.....you can also download books from the library's e-book section and read that way.

No drm stripping here, either. They expire at the end of the loan period.
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