Why Aren't E-Book Readers Free with Book Purchases?

[rootX]

I am bit old school and love having book in my hand ... kindle can never replace a real book for me. Kindle also devalues the book, I noticed I value things less when they are easy to access and large in quantity.

I love books like the evo posted above!

 

[DaveC426913]

Have you seen that commercial? The girl says my purse holds 2 books, a couple of newspapers and a magazine, and the guy says that his kindle holds 3,500 books, newspapers, etc... It has nothing to do with the number of books they have available, it is what they equate the storage capacity to be.

It's a stupid commercial.

OK. Conceded.

 

[fss]

Have you seen that commercial? The girl says my purse holds 2 books, a couple of newspapers and a magazine, and the guy says that his kindle holds 3,500 books, newspapers, etc... It has nothing to do with the number of books they have available, it is what they equate the storage capacity to be.

It's a stupid commercial.

Sorry, telling me that it can hold 3,500 books is not a selling point because it's not a realistic requirement.

You give people too much credit.

For comparison, what commercial would you say presents only the facts about a particular product with no sugar coating or no out-of-context message?

It's widely acknowledged that eBooks aren't for everyone. I don't see why you feel the need to justify your opposition to it based on advertising. Have you ever actually used one?

 

[MATLABdude]

I love my Kobo (the second generation one with the WiFi), though now that there's a new touch Kobo (third generation), the sheen has gone off of mine a little.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobo_eReader

It's great for recreational reading, but I don't think I'd ever trade my physical text / reference books in.

 

[Evo]

For comparison, what commercial would you say presents only the facts about a particular product with no sugar coating or no out-of-context message?

It's widely acknowledged that eBooks aren't for everyone. I don't see why you feel the need to justify your opposition to it based on advertising. Have you ever actually used one?

I was watching tv shows online and this commercial was repeated every 10 minutes, for 3 hours. Sometimes it would air two times in a row before the show resumed. It got really annoying after the first hour. I kept thinking, this tells me absolutely nothing useful about this product, and after watching it so many times, it got so annoying that it actually turned me off to the product.

 

[wuliheron]

I was watching tv shows online and this commercial was repeated every 10 minutes, for 3 hours. Sometimes it would air two times in a row before the show resumed. It got really annoying after the first hour. I kept thinking, this tells me absolutely nothing useful about this product, and after watching it so many times, it got so annoying that it actually turned me off to the product.

But I'll bet you remember the name of the product.

 

[Evo]

But I'll bet you remember the name of the product.