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eBooks Poised To Take Off In Africa

First Posted: 01/23/11 05:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:15 PM ET

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Can Africa take the lead in taking advantage of e-books, as it has with the rapid expansion of mobile phones and innovations such as mobile banking applications? It is certainly too early to be sure. But there are some solid reasons to think this might be possible, more quickly than it seemed only a year or two ago.

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Can Africa take the lead in taking advantage of e-books, as it has with the rapid expansion of mobile phones and innovations such as mobile banking applications? It is certainly too early to be sure. ...
Can Africa take the lead in taking advantage of e-books, as it has with the rapid expansion of mobile phones and innovations such as mobile banking applications? It is certainly too early to be sure. ...
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susie1776
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02:46 PM on 11/29/2010
How is this going to happen? The book publishers have jacked up the ebook prices so high, they aren't economical to buy. I've cut way down on use of my Kindle. So how are Africans going to afford it? Just wondering.......
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07:58 AM on 11/28/2010
I'm selling a Twitter e-book for $5, I sent the author of this post an email and if anyone is interested please reply back to this comment!
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holyghostie
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10:37 AM on 11/27/2010
When you buy a 1/c trade book in America there is a 95% chance that it was printed by Americans in the Mid West or down South. Americans who pay taxes and contribute to the communities in which they live.


When you buy an Ereader it was made in China...by chinese labor who have come in from rural farms and live in plant dormitories.
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01:03 PM on 11/23/2010
Interesting. I thought the two great economies poised to boost revenues of ebooks were Asia and India...Now Africa is too...We need a World Wide Copyright enforcement guarantee, and soon, authors here will make far more money than ever imagined possible, although, the newer guard will outstrip the old!
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