If this happens, it will be my dream come true. Unlimited ebooks/audiobooks is probably my #1 most requested "feature" from the world. Especially since Amazon allows syncing between audiobooks and ebooks, but I really hate paying for both.
Seriously, I'm such an Amazon fanboy :)
Interesting to see what the difference between publishing books online vs. publishing real book will be in 10 years.
My thinking on this has evolved over time. Especially with NetFlix. The 'stream what ever you want' service is great if 'what ever you want' is actually available, but something that it turns out is even more important for me, is that something you wanted before, is still available now. I go back and read books sometimes, and I go back and rewatch movies of TV shows. The random loss of content on Netflix has forced me to go back to buying the DVDs and ripping them rather than depend on NetFlix to have on tuesday something they had on Friday.
For reference books especially, it would drive me insane to have the book available, and then not available.
This bothers me as well. After you've watched something several times on Netflix and then it isn't available, I feel like they've taken something valuable away from me, even though I never owned it in the first place.
But this often results in me buying a physical copy, so I suppose that's a win for the movie studios.
If this happens, it will be my dream come true. Unlimited ebooks/audiobooks is probably my #1 most requested "feature" from the world. Especially since Amazon allows syncing between audiobooks and ebooks, but I really hate paying for both.
Seriously, I'm such an Amazon fanboy :)
Interesting to see what the difference between publishing books online vs. publishing real book will be in 10 years.