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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
In what way are you tied to Sony's bookstore?
I have never ever used the Sony bookstore in two years of owning a Sony Reader.
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Exactly. You have just summed up the (missing) value proposition of the Sony ecosystem. Nothing wrong with having multiple vendors (I acquire some Kindle ebooks outside of Amazon), but to have purchased not one single e-book from Sony ... yikes! Bad on them!
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Originally Posted by Harmon
I think you are too quick to discount wifi. It appears to me that Amazon sees it as essential - otherwise, why not just have a low-budget tethered EBR? But with wifi, the customer can, with a little effort, connect to the EB store away from home, or hop on the computer or iphone & buy/send a book directly to the EBR.
Wireless connectivity is a critical factor for EBRs, I think.
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When the history of e-readers / e-books is written, this will be the defining insight:
consumers want persistent, seamless connectivity to their content and to share with their peers. This is at the core of Amazon's vision for e-reading and why everyone else, save perhaps B&N and Apple, are missing the boat.