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   Hello Alan Beck!   
      
   ** On Sunday 10.04.22 - 09:58, Alan Beck wrote to all:   
      
    AB> I like my Kobo. I stupidly signed up for the 10 bucks/mth   
    AB> deal.   
      
    AB> Think I am going to get rid of that because I never even   
    AB> read a book a month.   
      
   Personally, I think $10/mo for an ebook "plan" is a bit     
   ambitious.  Kobo has an "all you can read" plan for $9.99/mo.   
      
   Considering that the cost of producing an ebook, and offering     
   it for download is next to nothing, $2 per book would be my     
   idea of a fair price-point.   
      
   Simon&Schuster comes close to a reasonable value per book.     
   Every week they publish a list of discounted ebooks anywhere     
   from 1.99 to 9.99.   
      
   I think most publishers have yet figured out the ebook price-    
   model. For the most part, a monthly plan tends to feel like     
   being over-charged for books that one might never have time to     
   read.  For myself, the z-Lib model is proving to be the most     
   logical.   
      
   The Kobo plan goes on to say:   
      
   "Access your library with the free Kobo App for iOS or Android,     
   or on any Kobo eReader."   
      
   Unless one has a Kobo eReader device, sounds like a cellphone     
   connection is required inorder to authorize access to a book.     
   What if you find yourself in an area without coverage or an     
   outtage - does that mean you won't be able to even read "your"     
   library of books?   
      
      
      
    AB> But, I do read.   
      
   My tagline with outgoing emails:   
      
    PREVENT MIND DECAY - READ BOOKS   
      
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