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Of course, none of that is any different to Amazon selling content to read on a Kindle. The fact is that the overwhelming majority of people buy content from their reader supplier to read on that device; people like us who want to buy from one supplier and read on another are in the minority. So no, I really can't agree with you that it's a "mess". Last edited by HarryT; 01-26-2018 at 04:38 AM. |
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Right now, as far as I can tell, Apple's targeted book audience are iDevice owners who are casual readers who mostly read best seller type books. Until Marvin came around, I used iBooks a lot. It's not bad, it just doesn't handle large libraries well, their targeted audience rarely has more than a handful of books at a time. I'm not surprised that Apple is making a ebook push at this time for a number of reasons. I suspect there will be less legal roadblocks in their way this time. I hope it works for them. Some legit competition might push Amazon to improve ebook store a bit. They have been coasting on the ebook front for a number of years. If both Kobo and Apple make a major push, then it's all good for the consumers as a whole. I seriously doubt that I will buy much from the Apple bookstore. I'm simply not part of their targeted audience. I'll probably install the beta on one of my devices just to see what it's like though. |
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I think it's targeted more at people wanting to read on the device (iPhone or iPad) they already have, rather than people buying such a device specifically to read on.
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Article says simpler? Could not get any more simple. Interface is that drab grey. I do not buy books from apple for it is so boring. Now if Apple made an eink ereader in that nice rose gold I will be all in
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To a certain extent, Apple is at a bit of a cross road. Trying to open up the China and Indian market doesn't really match their US model of high profit margin luxury goods. Steve Jobs had a definite business model that he followed and he understood that hype was a big part of that model. I don't know that Tim Cook understands that. IMPO, the biggest difference is that Jobs thought in terms of products, while Cook thinks in terms of markets. I never get the "wow, this is so cool, you are going to love it" vibe from Cook that I got from Jobs. |
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I used to frequently buy books from Apple’s iBooks store, but I stopped when it became impossible to move them to, and read them on, my e-ink devices. Maybe a new way has been found since, but I never went back to shopping there. I already struggle with the concept of often paying as much for an ebook as for a paper book (which I could sell or give away), but additionally tying my books to the devices of a specific manufacturer is outside of my comfort zone.
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Perhaps because you're in Germany, where the Buchpreisbindungsgesetz (great word!) prohibits discounting of the prices of books? For those of us in countries without such a law, ebooks are generally much cheaper than their paper equivalents.
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I'm guessing you're right. I wonder if it isn't time for Apple to consider making a eInk device so they could more directly compete with Amazon?
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I can't see Apple being any threat to Amazon, or vice versa. Amazon will happily sell you books to read on your iPhone or iPad; Apple will happily sell you the device to read it on. |
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The USA doesn't have such a law, but paper books are sold retail and ebooks agency, so paperback and older (unused) hardbacks are frequently cheaper than the ebook version, sometime substantially cheaper, because of routine heavy discounting (not special sales) for the paper versions.
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(*) I should mention that I don't buy ebooks from Amazon, which likely deprives me of the best discounts around. |
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