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How about we just support our public libraries? I haven't found a better alternative and I'm already paying for it.
Oyster? Really? Like the Oyster travel site: http://www.oyster.com/ Or the Oyster travel card: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14836.aspx ?
This looks neat but I find it weird that they targeted the iPhone first instead of the iPad. Isn't reading on iPhone hard?
I read the entire "Game of Thrones" book series and "The Count of Monte-Cristo" (and most of the other reading I've done in the last two years) on a iPod touch. The new 5th Generation screen is quite nice in Landscape mode.
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To be fair, isn't comparing this to a library similar to comparing Netflix to Blockbuster?
Except that libraries tend to be free.
I'm yearning for the day somebody applies that business model to audio books...
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Not to me. But then, I used to read audiobooks on my Palm Pilot in 2001.
you read "audio" books?
I propose: "I audio-read an audio-book".
For $9.95 a month, I'd rather support my local library/bookstore. Unlike movies, where I could watch 5-6 on a really lazy Saturday, books take quite a bit more time. I'm a pretty regular reader and I'm lucky if I get through 2 books a month. Based on: http://gawker.com/5971571/are-you-an-above+average-book-read... I read about the average (outlier) person, so for $9.95 I'd rather own the one or two books I can read t…
my thoughts exactly. they're supposedly targeting the casual reader, but how many casual readers read more than 1 book a month? at one book a month the pricing model makes no sense. it's really at 4 books a month where it starts to look cheap, but 1 book a week is a very steep hill for most people. reading is an active activity unlike tv or music which are inherently passive. IMO that makes a big difference in how mu…
For $9.95 a month, I'd rather support my local library/bookstore. Unlike movies, where I could watch 5-6 on a really lazy Saturday, books take quite a bit more time. I'm a pretty regular reader and I'm lucky if I get through 2 books a month. Based on: http://gawker.com/5971571/are-you-an-above+average-book-read... I read about the average (outlier) person, so for $9.95 I'd rather own the one or two books I can read t…
I read on my commute to/from work. Not sure about the # of books I finish a month, but I can say that I may be willing to "experiment" more with books I wouldn't have otherwise. No downside to read the first 3 chapters and then switch to another book, if you don't like it. I think, therefore, that it might be a nice DISCOVERY tool.
However, Amazon offers samples of eBooks (most of them I believe) and they offer that service for free.