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Originally Posted by CallOfCth'reader
Many years ago, when home computer software was mostly supplied on cassette tape, there was an automated system that appeared in many software chains in the UK (Game was one of them). You chose the game/software, paid the sales assistant, and the machine then produced a copy on cassette for you.
Something similar could easily be put in place in any retailer's store: choose the ebook, machine produces a CD with said ebook recorded on to it (and possibly a printed cover for the case), and off you go. That way people are still coming into the bricks and morter store, there are more stores that can use the machine to sell ebooks, and ebook readers have less need to shop online (well, except for pricing and Kindle readers).
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They could display an actual copy of the book for you to 'browse' and then you could choose either an e-copy or a POD p-copy (something similar was speculated in the book FlashForward that we read for the book club).