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Old 12-05-2008, 09:57 AM   #31
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The major <alert>-sign in the report is downloaded books NOT bought books.

Remember that a large percentage of the Sony Ereader-owners had some kind of ebooks-deal which they can use to get books from the sony store.

If you take into the free classics deal, it can be an average of 10-20 books per owner that was free.
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Old 12-05-2008, 10:35 AM   #32
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In regards to book sales I would guess many people on this forum don't buy any books from Sony, but those people who aren't aware of these sites probably buy a high percentage of titles from Sony.
Thanks to MR I am aware of other places to buy books for my Sony 505, but with the exception of Baen, I find that I do buy my books at the Sony store rather than elsewhere.

So far -- at least for the books I'm interested in -- Sony has had the best price or very close to the best price. Occasionally Fictionwise is a dollar or so cheaper but only if I join Fictionwise, something I haven't yet convinced myself to do. I think its my older age. I wouldn't mind paying the annual FW fee for a straight 20% additional discount off a title (similar to how Barnes & Noble works its "club"), but I don't want to deal with micropay and I don't want to carry "balances" -- I simply want to buy a book, preferably with a discount, and walk away.

I know a lot of MR folk like BooksOnBoard, but for the books I want, it has been significantly more expensive than the Sony store.

I also must admit to a certain hesitancy to buying books that aren't in either the Sony or ePub format and converting them.
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Old 12-05-2008, 11:24 AM   #33
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Old 12-05-2008, 11:27 AM   #34
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"It has the curves of a Lamborghini ...." Okay, see, any article that starts off describing the Kindle in such terms as those just must be looked at askance.
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Old 12-05-2008, 11:30 AM   #35
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"It has the curves of a Lamborghini ...." Okay, see, any article that starts off describing the Kindle in such terms as those just must be looked at askance.
hee ! i wondered about that too. i just figured it seemed strange to me because i know nothing about cars...
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Old 12-05-2008, 11:52 AM   #36
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hee ! i wondered about that too. i just figured it seemed strange to me because i know nothing about cars...
I have never noticed it before but now it all seems so obvious...

It is like looking into a mirror, it is.
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Old 12-05-2008, 11:55 AM   #37
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I have never noticed it before but now it all seems so obvious...

It is like looking into a mirror, it is.
now see, if the article had just used this photo, i would have understood (that the journalist is on crack) ! thanks acidzebra.
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"It has the curves of a Lamborghini ...." Okay, see, any article that starts off describing the Kindle in such terms as those just must be looked at askance.
Well, it's actually pretty true. If you look at most Lamborghini designs in the last twenty years or so they are fairly angular with lots of flat plane surfaces... just like the Kindle.
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So ... this was what? A bit too clever way of saying that the Kindle has no curves?

Crack smokin' reporter, indeed.
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So ... this was what? A bit too clever way of saying that the Kindle has no curves?
Crack smokin' reporter, indeed.


(by the way, that smiley is revolting. i preferred the first one.)
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I could've gone with one of these:


But I thought they were revolting.

I'd've used this one if I'd found it the first go-round:
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I could've gone with one of these:


But I thought they were revolting.

I'd've used this one if I'd found it the first go-round:
Ok, I think you really need to use a handkerchief. If you don't have a hanky handy, I'd be glad to send you one. Do you prefer embroidered or lace trim?

And see a doctor. I don't think the....um...extracted material should be green.

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Hey, I never suggested nor implied that any of those were, in any way, autobiographical.
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Sorry...couldn't help myself.

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