In the October 25th issue of The New York Times an article featured a claim by producers of e-book devices (Kindle, Nook, etc.) that its customers buy 3 times as many books after they they had purchased Kindle. Jeffrey Bezos, the head of Amazon says that there would be substantial growth in the sale of books because of Kindle. I doubt this very much. With access to as many as 1,500 book titles at their finger tips, why would Kindle customers revert to the 'old' way and purchase a book?
The biggest obstacle I have to Kindle and Nook is best illustrated in a simple sentence:
"Battery not included."
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