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Quote: Originally Posted by DJRumpy So no one can actually show any proof that Amazon is taking a loss, yet no one seems to question this? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...le-sales-surge Apparently Amazon sold more digital copies than…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Bowser Can't speak to this, but I'm a university professor, and I can tell you that publishers have been incredibly resistant to making electronic versions of textbooks available. A big part of this is that e-textbook…
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Quote: Originally Posted by dreyfus2 That's why they only intend to charge $12-$14 for the ebook, not $26. Where is the BS here? Two things: 1. Why are we comparing ebooks to hardcovers? Why not to paperbacks? 2. The NYT article is very…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Woohoo! Apple and the publishers can go ahead and charge $13-$14 a e-book, however if they included a rental price of half that amount, they would see tremendous amount of activity and Apple's iPad sales would skyrocke…
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Quote: Originally Posted by libertyforall G4, A4, will history repeat itself? ;-) As it always does. In four years we'll have another communist revolution, and later Germany will invade Poland.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Woohoo! Do I sense the real purpose behind custom processors is content protection? How come you are not sensing that they want to spy on you and take control of everything you have connected to network?
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Quote: Originally Posted by dfiler (Welcome to my ignore list) Please tell me how you did that.
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Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius Its wonderful that those guys are there to make our decisions for us. We are not competent to make them ourselves. Our competency in making decisions is reflected in the state of our government. It's a demo…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Woohoo! Hulu is going to fail, because the cheapest paid content you can't beat the 3¢ a TV show*, view anytime you want, commercial free streaming from Netflix. *based upon viewing 300 shows a month for $9 a month …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Macadamias Yeah, the publisher's suggested price (which is the price that is used to determine the price to wholesalers which is generally around half that) is not what most people are comparing it to. They are compari…
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Quote: Originally Posted by JeffDM It is cheaper, you can't compare it to the remainders or used price. The prices given so far that I've seen are for ebook versions during the hardcover phase of the release cycle. Amazon's price for a Harry Po…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Abster2core You really don't know what you are talking about. Liberty for all! The only manual you need is the Bible. We have the best of everything in the world. Learn to debate by watching Fox news.
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Quote: Originally Posted by sapporobabyrtrns Dumb post. They have a right to sue just much as sue-happy Apple. You mean "counter-sue happy".
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Quote: Originally Posted by monstrosity Quote: Originally Posted by vinney57 Your posts have a pattern now I realise. They start with a fact that you have read somewhere; followed by an assertion that is simply wrong; followed by a conclusi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by macmondo I thought display panels were produced in big size and they cut it in smaller pieces. So, if there's shortage about a type of display it doesn't necessarily say, for me, the size. It can be due to orders of p…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AjitMD If Apple did indeed order a lot of LCD 10.1 in displays. production would have shifted to this size minimizing shortages. They are very efficient about this kind of thing. At this stage OLED displays do not ma…
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Quote: Originally Posted by chano @extremeskater I've read your posts over some weeks now and I'm worried about you kid. You really mustn't skip taking the tablets. Clearly your mum was an early adopter too and clearly she has paid the price f…
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Quote: Originally Posted by extremeskater Nothing is wrong with standing in line. What wrong is anyone that knows anything about technology knows early adopters are fools that like to give away their money. Its very hard to argue that point in th…
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This article is a controlled leak.
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Quote: Originally Posted by esummers The phone contract is tied to the SIM card not the phone. Do you suppose she removed the SIM card before the had it stolen? The SIM card is in the phone.