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Originally Posted by EricGagne
There's no reason we can't have book stores without physical books. The shelves can be replace by touch screens that you can use to browse the books. It could show the overview and even a sample like we have with Mobipocket. Books would never be misplaced, any book store would have ALL the books available on the market regardless of the size of his shop.
I really don't we why we can't have the best of both worlds, digital books, environmentally friendly reading but without losing the advantages of having knowledgeable people to recommend books and answer our questions.
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This is a nice idea in theory, but while there are still paper books being made then the setupin that video is a very nice way of selecting your new books for your ereader because it has a reassuring familiarity for the customer that maybe some websites just don't have.
Mind you, it wouldn't be that hard to create a similar system even without needing new ereader hardware just by the store having portable barcode readers for customers to use and then purchases would either be delivered wirelessly if your reader supported that or delivered to your email address.
I have to say that I am not sure about the idea of a dual-screen reader at the current stage of technology, when things have advanced sufficiently that it could easily be done without making the reader too heavy then fair enough, but at the moment that probably isn't the case and if a book was uncomfortable to hold if you were reading for a couple of hours then it would seem like a noticeable flaw.