Inevitably, cheap knock-off ereaders will flood the market. I would assume these cheaper readers will be multi-format-capable, since their manufacturers would want to appeal to as broad an audience as possible and have no vested interested in selling books to "match" their ereader, as Amazon does. Amazon will still have a hold over their existing customers, and great appeal to the potential customers, but why risk losing those potential customers over a silly issue like being able to read alternate formats? It would be senseless for them to not offer this capability.
--Maria
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