What's inside the evrit reader?

[Nadav Har'El]

On Sun, May 30, 2010, geoffrey mendelson wrote about "Re: What's inside the evrit reader?":
> Since I have no idea of what books it reads, I was not sure the bundle  
> was needed, or I could just use it to read books I already have, or  
> can download for free.

What worries me more about what existing books it can read is - what future
devices will be able to read the books I buy from them now. Unfortunately,
from past experience, the answer is probably *none*.

This would have been fine if they treated - and priced - the books they are
selling as a rental, as in a library, e.g., read any number of books you want
for 300 shekels a year, or read a book for 5 shekels, or whatever. I honestly
don't understand why they don't do this! But this is not how they are treating
it - the article says the ebooks will cost 50% off the printed book's "catalog
price" - the price that nobody pays anyway. Which usually means at least 44
shekels to read a book once, and not being able to keep it later (when
technology changes).

When all the printed books I buy come at discount between 30% (through some
tlushim I have for Steimatski) up to 70% discount (during one of those "4 for
100" kind of specials), a 50% discount is ridiculous. I'd rather buy the
physical book, which I or my children will be able to read again in 10 or 20
years (or, if I want, I can resell or even donate or whatever).

Nadav.

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