Meow ! Amazon’sJeff Bezosis on the warpath against Barnes & Noble ’s Nook , specifically its eBook lending characteristic . In an audience with theNew York Times Magazine , he pulled no punches with some virtuoso hyperbole : Updated .
“ The current thing being talked about is highly limited . you’re able to lend to one friend . One time . You ca n’t pick two friend , not even serially , so once you ’ve loaned one book of account to one supporter , that ’s it … It is ‘ Sopie ’s Choice ’ , ” he told the Times .
Ah , but to lend once is good than never , veracious Jeff ? As the BusinessInsider speculates , this could be Bezos locating for multiple Kindle loaning options in the future .
Smart positioning , if dead on target , but to compare the Nook ’s one - friend - only sharing feature to an dead depressing Nazi assiduity summer camp book - turned - movie ? Surely , we can find something more depressing to compare that book to , yes ? How about we equate it to what happens to Amazon ’s bottom line when itsells an eBook ?
Update : It needs to be note that the interviewer hint Sophie ’s Choice as a comparison , and then Bezos play with it . Also of eminence , Bezos take that 48 Kindle translation trade for every 100 forcible rendering of the same book . That ’s telling , even if they ’re losing something like $ 2 per eBook . [ NYT MagazineviaBusinessInsiderviaSilicon Alley Insider ’s Twitter ]
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