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jabberwock_11 · 02-10-2010, 10:29 AM

They did something similar with music with SanDisk's slot music, the prepackaging of albums on an SD card which could also be used as a normal SD card with the remainder of the space on the card. The problem is that people do not want to make their electronic media LESS accessible.

A physical SD card version of a book is a nice idea as far as ease of use and resale, but that requires a long term foresight that most consumers of electronics simply do not possess. Also a vast majority of folks who buy commercially available ebook readers and are not tech savvy will only be using the connected services (i.e. Amazon for the Kindle, B&N for the Nook, etc.) and will never even consider the possibility of going else where for their media because these places make downloading and transferring content so easy.

02-10-2010, 10:29 AM	#14
jabberwock_11 Addict Posts: 231 Karma: 1591305 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Savannah, GA USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Aluratek Libre Pro	They did something similar with music with SanDisk's slot music, the prepackaging of albums on an SD card which could also be used as a normal SD card with the remainder of the space on the card. The problem is that people do not want to make their electronic media LESS accessible. A physical SD card version of a book is a nice idea as far as ease of use and resale, but that requires a long term foresight that most consumers of electronics simply do not possess. Also a vast majority of folks who buy commercially available ebook readers and are not tech savvy will only be using the connected services (i.e. Amazon for the Kindle, B&N for the Nook, etc.) and will never even consider the possibility of going else where for their media because these places make downloading and transferring content so easy. Last edited by jabberwock_11; 02-10-2010 at 10:32 AM.