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Borders Books aiming for digital future

article published on 15 July, 2008

Borders Books is launching a new MP3 store of a different kind. Instead of selling music Borders.com will feature audiobooks in MP3 format, making them compatible with standard portable media players. They'll initially be offering a selection of 15,000 titles. Borders.com was launched just last year following a split from Amazon.com, where their online store had been hosted for seven years. ... [ read the full article ]

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emugamer
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_ 		15. July 2008 @ 12:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by windsong:
 They're late to the party...by about 10 years.

Yawn..
MP3 players weren't around 10 years ago as far as I know.
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Pop_Smith
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_ 		15. July 2008 @ 13:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
That's cool, for those that enjoy reading but don't have the time they can now listen to the book(s) in their cars or while they exercise etc.

Kind of like the old "Books on tape" or "Books on CD" but now you can have them in a more portable state.
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windsong
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_ 		15. July 2008 @ 14:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They're late to the party...by about 10 years.

Yawn..
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mspurloc
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_ 		16. July 2008 @ 13:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I find it ironic that it's Amazon's Kindle that has made the breakthrough on digital books, which previously hadn't taken off, yet Borders split from them.
Probably a smart move, though.
Why pay Amazon a precentage to "warehouse and ship" digital inventory?
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dysart147
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_ 		18. July 2008 @ 10:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Quote:
windsong (Junior Member) 15 July 2008 13:10
They're late to the party...by about 10 years.

Yawn..
I guess that I don't understand that comment. Could you elaborate?
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