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If one took her or his crystal ball out to do some soothsaying, he or she would be hard-pressed to argue against eBooks one day dominating the book market. He or she need only to look at how the laptop overran the tower personal computer market with the right price and technology. Thus, the book print people ought to be nervous or they must evolve with the book market. It is very disquieting to see yesterday's prominent magazines fading away for the market evolved beyond their offering. Will we see a wholesale slaughter of book print people's jobs because this industry failed to respond to market dynamics? Will print on demand books obsolete today's in-house presses because one will be able to buy book soft copies printed at their local bookstore?
Kindle Gets Price Cut, Amazon Announces - CBSNews
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My wife wants a Kindle. She's an avid book reader. But even at $279.00 it's over priced. I think and so does she. She'll be reading paperbacks for the foreseeable future. $129.00 to $149.00 maybe.
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#1 - Wed Oct 7, 2009 4:27 PM EDTWhy would anyone buy the Kindle, now? Amazon is so restrictive in how you get content...you are paying money now so that they can get more money from you in the future...they should be giving the Kindle away.
In a few months to a few years, the market is going to open up, there will be cheaper and better eReaders, and the content will be easier and cheaper to get.
I'm going to wait for the market to settle down. You buy one betamax and you learn your lesson...anyone want to buy a bunch of tapes?
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#2 - Wed Oct 7, 2009 4:32 PM EDTApple, Sony, numerous other companies are moving towards eBook readers.
I would agree to wait. What's $259.00 today, will be $49.00 in a few years and have more features, especially with Global Foundry singing a deal with ARM to make chips.
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