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Fool: Death to eBooks?
...So why did the site give up so soon? The eBook is too young to die. As a matter of fact, many of our own research products like Hidden Gems and the new Income Investor take advantage of digital distribution to get our freshest stock ideas delivered to subscribers right away and in a cost-effective manner.
While the early eBooks got slammed by complaints of the eye-straining consumption process, that's not the case these days. Reader software by companies like Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) have taken the "eeek" out of the eBook.
While Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is best known for its shipped goods, it still sells eBooks. At a substantial discount to its printed counterpart, some of the cost savings achieved through digital delivery are passed on to the end user.
With Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) as BN.com's majority stakeholder, one has to wonder if the company is missing the high-margin potential of the medium or if the sales just aren't there. Or, for the budding conspiracy theorists out there, is BN.com simply refusing to promote a niche where its parent company can't partake or one that promotes a level playing field in an arena where publishing house suppliers are used to the advantages of size?
eBook fans would like some answers. Unlike its warehouse-shipped forefathers, an immediate answer would be welcome.

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