Discussion of the Day: Dirty, Dirty e-books

Peter Smith at IT World scratches his head over Barnes and Noble’s (latest) foray into e-books. The article’s well worth the read, but for a brisk discussion, catch out the comments thread at Marginal Revolution, spurred by Tyler Cowen’s chosen plucked cherry from the original piece:

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What’s popular on Fictionwise? Well, once again it seems like porn is blazing a path to a new media format. Of the top 10 bestsellers under the “Multiformat” category, nine are tagged “erotica” amd the last is “dark fantasy”…People who read erotic romance and ‘bodice rippers’ love ebooks because of the privacy they offer, both during purchase and when reading.

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