Hey everyone,
I am currently in the process of writing a research paper in which I have to introduce a new product to coffee shops in an effort to increase customer "stay time". I had an idea to introduce ebooks that would be available to customers on a subscription basis. The customer would typically subscribe to a service via the coffee shop and have the ability to borrow an ebook reader while they are in the cafe. These customers will then have the capability to access a library of books, newspapers, journals, etc right from the coffee shop. Since I have little to no knowledge of the capabilities of ebooks I was hoping to enlist the help of the "experts" that frequent this forum. My general questions are:
- What are the capabilities of ebooks? (ie can they download newspapers and magazines from around the world or just books?)
- Typical ebook battery life
- Can you access email from them, type papers, etc?
- Can a company database of literature be created to store a library that customers can download ebooks from?
Any answers to these questions would be extremely benefical to my research. If you have any other information that you think would be applicable to my research feel free to elaborate as you know much more about the subject than I do. I thank you in advance for your input.
Tom Email:
ciccotti@uiuc.edu