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Old 02-23-2016, 07:30 PM   #16
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Anyone know how common ereaders are used by military people. I see them in base exchanges and read that USN had developed their own ereader for submariners. I met some airmen at best buy soon after purchasing my Kobo Mini that would have bought one if it was available. When I was in the military bases and ships maintain small libraries and everyone trades paperback books. So do they now use more tablets or ereaders?
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Can you type a little bigger Sonny? You know older eyes and all that.
Larger fonts and uhm the fact is the 50-60 range generally have more disposable income.
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I am perplexed why older people would be drawn the Kobo brand.
Because Canadians are all old?
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We forgot to buy our ebooks at Amazon?
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Doesn't matter. Apple has helped change things for the worse and deserves to have their eBook division go down in flames.
I'm not a fan of Apple's walled garden, and own no Apple products, but I know many young people only want Apple products.
I will give Apple credit for trying to protect user privacy, I suspect they will lose the battle in the end, but I give them credit for trying.
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Anyone know how common ereaders are used by military people. I see them in base exchanges and read that USN had developed their own ereader for submariners. I met some airmen at best buy soon after purchasing my Kobo Mini that would have bought one if it was available. When I was in the military bases and ships maintain small libraries and everyone trades paperback books. So do they now use more tablets or ereaders?
No idea how common they are, but they do have their own OverDrive libraries...
Army | Air Force | Navy (includes Marine Corps), the Air Force one has a much smaller number of titles than the Army or Navy.
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Most young people I know that "bother" to read do so on tablets instead of a dedicated reader. [... snip ...] So maybe they just aren't being marketed correctly.
Yes, currently there is a trend to just read tidbits, it must be quick, fast and short to keep attention.
Further, the involved e-reader providers are also not always too dependable like closing/changing services all the time.
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