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Old 12-15-2009, 09:48 AM   #31
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo View Post
SweetPea, you're saying that because they made different covers for teenagers and older readers, they can't exclude ebooks?

The adult covers aren't particularly scandalous, and parents can choose to buy those versions and give them to their kids with no change in consumption philosophy. It's completely different from offering a different medium.
No, but you said:

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but on principle, I like how she's encouraging the peer pressure around her books among young people to manifest as peer pressure to get real books, rather than gadgets to show off to their friends that are more important than the books in those gadgets.
But how does that hold up if you also know that a very large group of readers is adult?

Personally, I find the reasons she quoted on in that complete rubbish, but still..
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