Re: why Apple won't build an ebook reader
Suzanne Francis <suzanne-y4B3vrZUf/[email protected]>
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Presumably he would like us all to believe that they listen to music and
watch video on ipods instead. The interviewer sounded skeptical and so
am I. Love to know where Jobs got his numbers from. Suzanne
Bill Janssen wrote:
>
> In an interview with John Markoff of the New York Times, Steve Jobs
> talks about the Kindle:
>
> ``Today he had a wide range of observations on the industry, including
> the Amazon Kindle book reader, which he said would go nowhere largely
> because Americans have stopped reading.''
>
> ``"It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that
> people don't read anymore," he said. "Forty percent of the people in
> the U.S. read one book or less last year. The whole conception is
> flawed at the top because people don't read anymore."''
>
> http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/the-passion-of-steve-jobs/index.html
> <http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/15/the-passion-of-steve-jobs/index.html>
>
> Thanks to MacRumors.com for posting this.
>
> Bill
>
>
--Heart of Hythea by Suzanne Francis is available now from
www.mushroom-ebooks.com/authors/francis_suzanne/heartofhythea.html
and the Amazon.com Kindle Bookstore.
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