Comments on: What’s black, white and text all over? http://blog.kobobooks.com/2009/05/06/what%e2%80%99s-black-white-and-text-all-over/ eReading: anytime. anyplace Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:08:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Garrett Noom http://blog.kobobooks.com/2009/05/06/what%e2%80%99s-black-white-and-text-all-over/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Garrett Noom Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:55:07 +0000 http://blog.shortcovers.com/?p=95#comment-67 Right....except that Amazon is obviously going after the early adopters who have money to spend for the hardware, and offering books at a <em>reduced</em> price which is usually around $4 less. Meanwhile Chapters/Indigo want you to buy into the e-reading revolution by spending at least $4 more for the e-book version? Seems to me like a response to the late realization of where the book revenue is going... Right….except that Amazon is obviously going after the early adopters who have money to spend for the hardware, and offering books at a reduced price which is usually around $4 less. Meanwhile Chapters/Indigo want you to buy into the e-reading revolution by spending at least $4 more for the e-book version?

Seems to me like a response to the late realization of where the book revenue is going…

]]> By: Yannick Desjardins http://blog.kobobooks.com/2009/05/06/what%e2%80%99s-black-white-and-text-all-over/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Yannick Desjardins Thu, 07 May 2009 17:47:20 +0000 http://blog.shortcovers.com/?p=95#comment-58 I have had an eBook reader for years (Sony PRS-500 and PRS-505), and I would buy the Kindle DX in a heartbeat if it was available in Canada. Reading on a computer or my iPhone is nothing compare to ePaper, and frankly I don't have the space for real books anymore. The only thing I don't like about my reader is that the screen is too small and not all the books are available in Canada. I have had an eBook reader for years (Sony PRS-500 and PRS-505), and I would buy the Kindle DX in a heartbeat if it was available in Canada. Reading on a computer or my iPhone is nothing compare to ePaper, and frankly I don’t have the space for real books anymore. The only thing I don’t like about my reader is that the screen is too small and not all the books are available in Canada.

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