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Old 03-25-2007, 12:44 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
In addition, Borders said they would add new "Digital Centers" in their stores which will allow customers to buy not only old-fashioned paperbooks but also products in digital formats, such as e-books, audiobooks and MP3 audio.
Call me new-fashioned, but I can't for the life of me think why I would want to enter a brick & mortar store to download electronic content. That isn't just misguided; it seems stupid.

This sounds more like a lame threat to Amazon to try to negotiate a better price on the new contract.

Regards,

Matt
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