Whitcoulls vs. the eBooks

So maybe I should have already posted about my latest joy. My new Kindle 3. Love love love. I’ll post about it in the future, just felt that I had to say this now. Whitcoulls & Borders in New Zealand are very likely going to be closing down. Why? Various reasons. The question I have is how much of that has to do with the competition they face from eBooks? Kindles, Nooks, Sony Readers… so many variations, all do the same thing. Allow you to buy and download digital books to read on a device. Pros? Cheaper – don’t need to pay for all those pesky things like transport, paper,...