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Phebe · 02-10-2011, 10:29 PM

Omigod, you might have a point there.

I've been sort of in denial about all that, hoping it will go away!

Amazon's idea is (according to the Wall Street Journal) --- forget the devices, give them away if you have to!! The real money is in the BOOKS. So they have the best booklist.

But iPad and Sony want to sell the devices: but to do that, they have to have good booklists --- and iPad, at least, doesn't. So Amazon steals their lunch.

I love the Kindle app; I don't want to use the Kindle to read. How could I look up words in a dictionary that pronounces them aloud? How could I follow the novel's adventures on the Maps?

02-10-2011, 10:29 PM	#3
Phebe Connoisseur Posts: 85 Karma: 124 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony PRS 500 and Kindle 2 and iPad and iPhone	Omigod, you might have a point there. I've been sort of in denial about all that, hoping it will go away! Amazon's idea is (according to the Wall Street Journal) --- forget the devices, give them away if you have to!! The real money is in the BOOKS. So they have the best booklist. But iPad and Sony want to sell the devices: but to do that, they have to have good booklists --- and iPad, at least, doesn't. So Amazon steals their lunch. I love the Kindle app; I don't want to use the Kindle to read. How could I look up words in a dictionary that pronounces them aloud? How could I follow the novel's adventures on the Maps?