On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:

ian said:

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hmm iRex is a spin off of Phillips - thats fairly deep pockets.

oh, right. why do you think they didn't put the big name on it?

ian said:

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And besides - an ipod is $300 and it only plays music ...

"only"?

i'd guess people are willing to pay a lot more for music than for books.

iTunes alone is closing in on a million sales already. We've already seen the first million selling download.

i don't have figures on music, but the number of books read annually by the average american is _one_.

Where can I look up things like that?

-bowerbird

mh