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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc
If you're dealing with websites with "one-click" purchases THERE IS NO ESCAPE from SMS! Impulse buying will triumph every time - esp. since you don't have to worry about where to put the books in your house any more, and can hide them from any concerned family members! SMS may be the new "dependency"! 
On a related note, this ease of impulse buying seems to be totally unknown to the publishers who are delaying ebook release dates. How many of us have been browsing for one book, seen a new release and clicked that button?  |
The book I bought this morning right before posting - I had to get out of bed, go to the closet, get my purse, take out my credit card, go back to bed, enter my credit card infromation, purchase, download, remove DRM, convert to mobi, put my credit card back. I guess that means I have absolutely no impulse control. Actually, I started reading it on the train today (sorry "But I Trusted You" and "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff").
I totally agree about the publishers. I don't go to pbook stores anymore, so I get news about new books in the newspaper, TV, internet. I have access to either my Kindle or my laptop in all of those situations, and it could be as easy as one-click to get the book. If it isn't available for purchase, and I am near my laptop, I will log into my library service, and reserve a pbook copy. It might take a couple weeks to get it, but I don't have to get in my car until the book is in (actually, that is what my bicycle is for, now that it is a little warmer). And if I take my bicycle, the ice cream store is between my house and the library.