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Old 08-16-2009, 02:02 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by pwjone1 View Post
I am in a similar situation, just running out of bookshelf space, part of the reason for a Kindle was to start getting that under control.
Lack of shelf and carrying space are two important reasons I've gone to ebooks too. Maybe all the things discussed in this thread are related. Maybe the increased sales of ebooks and the decreased sales of pbooks results from a shift by people who read a lot going to the modern format. It's interesting that Harlequin sells subscriptions allowing customers to buy everything they publish each month as a single, less costly ebook bundle. Romance readers are among the most dedicated readers and romances are among the most common books in used bookstores. Harlequin now publishes only ebooks.

Sony's move to support ePub is probably an early indication that they are preparing a color reader. ePub lets them pick up color support without headaches and at the same time, it opens their readers to a wider source of content.
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