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Old 11-23-2009, 11:52 AM   #77
Nevir
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
Ok, now what percentage of people in the world are could afford to spend $300 on an ebook reader? Aren't only about 70% of the adults in the world even literate?

In other words, I don't think marketing the Nook in Gabon (for example) would be of much use.

BOb
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_..._literacy_rate

That stills leaves a huge population of possible users outside of the States; and the US is pretty far behind on literacy anyway (1% is a lot of people)
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