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GhostHawk · 02-10-2010, 01:43 PM

I think the key here is putting more than 1 book on a card.

If you could go to a store and get (for example)

All of J.R.R Tolkien's printed works, Lord of the rings, Hobbit, Similarion, etc on 1 SD card.
Buy it, take it home, put it in your reader, and read them.

I think another part would be similar to how used books used to be sold. Bring that same SD card back when your done, and get a 30-50% discount on your next purchase. So the store can resell it, or reload it with their latest offering.

Some authors have series of 3, 4, 5 books or more.

Wheel of Time series by Jordon comes to mind. Imagine being able to get all of them, for one reasonable price PLUS a spare SD card. You've paid for them, so you would have the right to copy them to your computer. Plus you'd have the ability to resell them back to the store.

Its just going to take some innovative thinking and marketing by the brick and mortar stores. Doesn't mean its impossible, or they can't survive, just means they have to work a bit harder at it.

I like the idea as it brings Ebooks back closer into line with what you can do with Paper books.

02-10-2010, 01:43 PM	#27
GhostHawk Data Privateer! Posts: 586 Karma: 62887 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fargo ND Device: Ectaco Jetbook& Jetbook Lite	I think the key here is putting more than 1 book on a card. If you could go to a store and get (for example) All of J.R.R Tolkien's printed works, Lord of the rings, Hobbit, Similarion, etc on 1 SD card. Buy it, take it home, put it in your reader, and read them. I think another part would be similar to how used books used to be sold. Bring that same SD card back when your done, and get a 30-50% discount on your next purchase. So the store can resell it, or reload it with their latest offering. Some authors have series of 3, 4, 5 books or more. Wheel of Time series by Jordon comes to mind. Imagine being able to get all of them, for one reasonable price PLUS a spare SD card. You've paid for them, so you would have the right to copy them to your computer. Plus you'd have the ability to resell them back to the store. Its just going to take some innovative thinking and marketing by the brick and mortar stores. Doesn't mean its impossible, or they can't survive, just means they have to work a bit harder at it. I like the idea as it brings Ebooks back closer into line with what you can do with Paper books.