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Originally Posted by JSWolf
I do not think the nook will dominate if Sony comes out with something good at a low enough price point. I also think if Sony does thing properly, they will also put a dent in Kobo sales.
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I agree. If the rumors are true about a wi-fi and/or 3G 650 and a touch pocket edition with better contrast. Then they could recover some lost market share.
I love my Kindle 2 but it is a lumbering ugly beast next to my Sony readers. But I love Amazon and I love the selection of books and ease of purchasing for the Kindle. I may very well end up getting a K3. Even though I have only bought about 20 books for the kindle and the other 367 are freebies. Where as for my Sony I have purchased 278 books not counting freebies. The point of this rant is to say that when my 505 busted on me I had an eyeopening moment of clarity. I could buy any epub device and still read my books and I can buy books from other vendors. I looked at the Kobo and the Libre but ended up with a Touch edition. If my Kindle dies I need to buy another Kindle in order to read my books on an e-ink device. (Backlight reading strains my eyes). For me I will always buy books from Sony, Borders, Kobobooks, or Booksonboard before I purchase them from Amazon. The only books I buy from Amazon are the ones not available from the others. I just feel more secure in my purchase that way.
If Sony can match Amazon in the ease of purchase category, and pump some marketing dollars into the Sony reader, or even give one to Oprah as a retirement gift so she can tell the O-bots how cool it is then they can regain shares lost to Amazon.
If Sony plays it right then I think 2011 will put them second behind Amazon, then B&N and then Borders. I don't count Apple as the iPad is an over sized iPod and not a dedicated reader, they can sell 3 million but that doesn't mean everyone is reading on them.