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Originally Posted by asjogren
The model is wrong for me. The majority of my eBooks are fiction. I seldom reread fiction. And since I cannot lend or sell eBooks - there is little desire to own.
Thus, my priorities are:
1) Public library through Overdrive.com
2) A new (nonexisting) business model, like Netflix or BlockBuster to rent eBooks that the public library does not have or the queue is longer than I want to wait
3) Project Gutenberg and similar
4) Independents like SmashWords
5) eBookstores like Amazon and B&N
I received a Kindle for XMas and love it - except for Public Library eBooks. If Amazon provided a web interface to Overdrive.com that allowed check out of ePub, Mobi and reading on the Kindle - I would NOT be in the market for another eReader. This could be another feature of kindle.amazon.com. However, I will likely buy a Pocketbook 360, Kobo, or Nook this summer.
Thus for me, the bookstore is less important than the device - UNTIL there is an eBook rental service.
I think eBooks are like movies. The public library lends DVDs, but the selection is limited and the queue is long. Video stores and services rent them. And retailers sell DVDs. I buy some. I rent most. And I occasionally borrow from the public library.
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If this becomes the dynamic for ebooks, then we should be able to rent ebooks like we do videos and the prices should be significantly less than what we are being charged for new ebooks.
I'm perfectly happy to try out an app from Amazon, B&N, Borders, etc. but when I find one that I like the best, I should be able to read all my ebooks on it, regardless of which store I buy them from. If the new Borders store lets me read their ebooks not only on multiple devices but on ibooks as well as their own app, that's a big incentive for me to shop there.