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Originally Posted by fjtorres
*My* point is that would-be competitors need a value-add model where they add compelling features to justify a premium price; that just shipping a barebones reader that simply opens epubs and maybe PDFs isn't going to get you very far against the Nooks and Kindles of the world.
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Quite likely. However, I don't see which competitors will be able to offer anything. Smaller companies don't have the resources, might not have access to content, and any special features they add might get aped by Amazon / B&N / tablets fairly quickly.
Even Sony, which has been in the market for some time and has major resources, may not be able to survive. It's unclear how their reader sales are going, since they don't release numbers and media perceptions could be well off the mark. But if Sony can't hang, I doubt any smaller competitor would be able to survive.