View Single Post
Old 03-03-2010, 12:21 PM   #83
Elfwreck
Grand Sorcerer
Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.Elfwreck ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Elfwreck's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,187
Karma: 25133758
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA
Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)
Quote:
Originally Posted by charleski View Post
A bit too much digital fantasizing going on in that article. For instance: "One of the reasons e-books only constitute 3% to 5% of total sales is that the Big Six are doing everything they can to impede the growth of e-books," ignores the fact that lots of people would still choose not to spend $300 upfront on a device just so they can read a book.
Most ebooks are read on computers, not portable devices. And a lot of people have phones that can read ebooks--but the ebook industry is too complicated and weird for them to bother figuring out how it works in order to get one or two books.
Elfwreck is offline   Reply With Quote