ZDNet has a Story on plans from B&N to allow patrons (or is it customers?) to download books while shopping. This would mean many more titles available in stores. Now nothing will go out of print! Though technically Ebooks aren\’t in Print are they?
\”You could see B&N-branded (handheld) devices by next year,\” Riggio told attendees at Microsoft\’s press conference. \”You will see a situation where you can have books beamed onto your device at the store.\”
ZDNet has a Story on plans from B&N to allow patrons (or is it customers?) to download books while shopping. This would mean many more titles available in stores. Now nothing will go out of print! Though technically Ebooks aren\’t in Print are they?
\”You could see B&N-branded (handheld) devices by next year,\” Riggio told attendees at Microsoft\’s press conference. \”You will see a situation where you can have books beamed onto your device at the store.\”
Barnes & Noble also foresees the ability of its stores to offer users a far broader range of titles, as e-publishing makes it more profitable for publishing companies to release books that aren\’t guaranteed best-sellers, he said.
And forget about titles going out of print. E-books will allow publishers and bookstores to offer back-listed publications, either in e-book-form or in instantly printed download form.
\”More books go out of print each year than are published,\” Riggio noted. \”Now things like 75 years\’ worth of Harper\’s articles can all be brought back.\”
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