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Old 11-30-2007, 04:31 PM   #6
azog
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
iRex answered their own question:

Amazon is not simply trying to single-handedly kickstart the e-book market... they're looking to take it over. They don't want competition with other readers. They don't want you to buy their books, and not their reader.
I'm sure it's been asked, but I guess I wonder what Amazon will do with Mobi now? They're now in direct competition, yet it's the same company. History shows that always is a bad thing (IBM, Lucent, for two examples).
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