Barnes & Noble to exit cutthroat tablet hardware business, let partners build Nooks

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  • Reply 41 of 44
    relicrelic Posts: 4,735member

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    Originally Posted by bokes View Post


    Why don't they make some deals and introduce an online e-book rental service? 


    For $9 a month give the reader access to the online library. One book download at a time (like watching a movie on Netflix)- as many books as you can read per month. Why should we be forced to buy a book? I read a book once and I'm done. (for others- with the service you can always go back and re-read)



     


    My husband already spends enough time on the toilet with his blasted eBook reader, I speak for disgruntle wives everywhere when I say, "hmmmmmm, no sir, I don't like it".


     


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  • Reply 42 of 44
    kdarlingkdarling Posts: 1,640member

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    Originally Posted by Relic View Post


    My husband already spends enough time on the toilet with his blasted eBook reader, I speak for disgruntled wives everywhere when I say, "hmmmmmm, no sir, I don't like it".



     


    So Steve Jobs was right when he asked his staff back in 2003:


     


    "What are tablets good for besides surfing the Web on the toilet?"


     


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    Btw, to the other poster, there are such book agreements for technical libraries.  Pretty costly though.


     


    I thought Amazon Prime had free book rentals, btw.  At least for some books.  Am I misremembering?

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  • Reply 43 of 44
    pendergastpendergast Posts: 1,358member
    kdarling wrote: »
    So Steve Jobs was right when he asked his staff back in 2003:

    "What are tablets good for besides surfing the Web on the toilet?"

    :D

    Btw, to the other poster, there are such book agreements for technical libraries.  Pretty costly though.

    I thought Amazon Prime had free book rentals, btw.  At least for some books.  Am I misremembering?

    Amazon has about 5,000 titles for rent, but only on actual Kindle devices, not the app. And no titles from the 6 main publishers.
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  • Reply 44 of 44


    Crush the enemy, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women.


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