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Old 01-09-2013, 07:19 AM   #125
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
I think the more general point is that the market for 'dedicated reading devices', no matter how good they are, is much smaller than the market for general tablet devices. There are only so many frequent readers in the world, and at least in the US/UK, that market may be approaching saturation.
And the linear thinkers don't bother to factor that in.
Like, yeah, the market for TVs is bigger than the market for books. So? TV never killed book reading the way the pundits of the day predicted the TV would "revolutionize education".

There is room for both.
But that is hardly useful "news" for the gossipmongers.
Still, it'll keep us busy until something newsworthy pops up.
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