Access to the store's library is worth something, and poeple have voted with their credit cards.
I agree. It's definitely worth something. However...
You can't look at the device capabilities in isolation and say it's not worth it.
Worth is a personal assessment, and as we agree, can be greater than the price of the parts. I'm looking at the big picture as it stands today, and at this time, it simply isn't worth it to me, which is what I wrote about when I started the thread.
Sure, there's some demand there. But compare it to the demand for a music player and it's somewhat insignificant. The demand at $79 would be greater, that much is a given. Would it be more than 4x greater (since it's less than 1/4 the retail price)? I don't know. I suspect Amazon have crunched some numbers in trying to pick the price point of both the device and books in an attempt to maximize profits. But that doesn't change the value proposition for me nor a lot of other people.
The devices will have to be sub-$100 to achieve mass-market success, IMO.
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