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Old 08-22-2010, 01:13 AM   #92
carld
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80 percent of Kindle books we sell are sold to Kindle owners. They may have a Kindle app on a phone or an iPad or Mac or PC, but they at least have a Kindle. So 20 percent do not.

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I don't see any other manufacturer moving to Amazon's Kindle store either, it'd be tantamount to throwing in the towel. B&N certainly isn't going to, and I can't imagine the uproar if Sony did so. Maybe one of the smaller manufacturers would be possible, but it wouldn't be any big bump for Amazon.
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