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eGeezer · 01-30-2010, 04:50 PM

I heartily agree with all 186 posts before me: No one knows the answer, but it is fun trying to be the first to get it right.

I particularly like the suggestion that the thread name could be "what can ebooks do for the iPad?" Either one is appropriate. I don't think either will have any significant impact on the other. I doubt (echo in here, cuz I'm not the first to say any of this) that ebooks will be the primary draw for the majority of iPad purchasers., but I do think a few more folk will learn about ebooks thru iBook hype.

I am excited, tho, to see how things stand in, say, 6 months.

I think the iPad will induce less sleep than the nook did after the waiting period, but I don't expect the iPad will drive Apple's revenues significantly as the previous iGadgets have. It really doesn't appear to be anything actually NEW -- just a lot of old ideas packaged in a pretty new priority wrapper. For the most part, it is the wrapper most people will be buying -- after which they will decide what things inside it will be useful.

01-30-2010, 04:50 PM	#187
eGeezer NE1 seen my glasses? Posts: 396 Karma: 4864 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Seattle Device: Nook Glowlight (following previous nook STR and STR w/GL)	I heartily agree with all 186 posts before me: No one knows the answer, but it is fun trying to be the first to get it right. I particularly like the suggestion that the thread name could be "what can ebooks do for the iPad?" Either one is appropriate. I don't think either will have any significant impact on the other. I doubt (echo in here, cuz I'm not the first to say any of this) that ebooks will be the primary draw for the majority of iPad purchasers., but I do think a few more folk will learn about ebooks thru iBook hype. I am excited, tho, to see how things stand in, say, 6 months. I think the iPad will induce less sleep than the nook did after the waiting period, but I don't expect the iPad will drive Apple's revenues significantly as the previous iGadgets have. It really doesn't appear to be anything actually NEW -- just a lot of old ideas packaged in a pretty new priority wrapper. For the most part, it is the wrapper most people will be buying -- after which they will decide what things inside it will be useful.