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Old 09-05-2010, 04:26 PM   #28
Fat Abe
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Originally Posted by SensualPoet View Post
Yes, Kindle e-books don't work on a Sony/Kobo; but they work on all Kindles and a variety of other devices.
Most notably, the Apple Ipad, which has its own content purchase model (iTunes and iBooks). Unlike Sony, Apple allowed Amazon to port its Kindle app to the iPad, and thus a number of users have started to ditch their Kindles. But, Amazon would rather have Kindle hardware sales cannibalized than lose the huge ebook market. Apple, on the other hand, had its motives in accommodating a major competitor, Amazon. Apple's not so secret plan is to establish the iPad as the number one tablet device. Eventually when they build up their iBooks store, they will subtly steal business from Amazon by offering the same large selection of books. Don't think that this is not Steve Jobs' master plan. Look what he did with the mp3 market!


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E-readers are gaining in popularity because they do their job well, and they are easy to operate: which includes the purchase cycle. They are a lot like HDTVs: no one wants to fiddle to alter the picture, or adjust the reception.
Not true. Users do not mind sideloading, if they can place content into their devices that is either free or not available from Amazon, Apple, etc. If that content happens to be a pdf file, I assure you that they will do a lot of tweaking with that file, to get fonts, paragraphs, and pictures displayed correctly. This dinosaur format (pdf) makes mechanics of us all. We have not reached that stage of technology where ereaders can be operated like appliances, with one button functionality.
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