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Originally Posted by stustaff
Id argue that the TYPICAl end user almost never re-reads a novel they buy. so seems pretty obvious that they wouldnt be bothered to me.
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You're really grasping at straws.
I often buy a bunch of books at once, and may not read all of them until months or sometimes years later. Lucky for me, I have the know-how to make sure I can still read my ebook purchases whatever device I happen to be using. But it's tough luck for the ordinary Joe who's not tech-savvy and decides to buy an iPad on the basis of Jobs saying, 'We use the ePub format, the most popular open book format in the world.'
This doesn't even merit debate. Only the most blinkered, fervid Apple apologist could imagine that further fracturing of the ebook marketplace brings any benefit to consumers or publishers.