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Originally Posted by Lemurion
I think the real reason Bezos doesn't care about tablets vs eink readers is because his business is selling books. He'll sell you the reader, too (Amazon sells pretty much everything), but it's that steady stream of regular purchases (like books) that he's really interested in.
As long as you buy the book from him, he really doesn't care what you read it on.
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Yup. I saw him interviewed on the Charlie Rose show and he flat out said that they intentionally built the Kindle market as a seperate entity from the e-book market. If they were only interested in the Kindle, then they would not have developed the various applications that allow e-books to be read on other devices. He would prefer you buy a Kindle and the e-books from Amazon but he is fine with you buying your e-books from Amazon and reading on an IPad or a Nook Color. (winks)
I do think it says something that folks with Nook Colors are rooting their devices and downloading the Kindle Android App. I thought that the ability to buy e-books from Sony, Kobo, and BN meant that you didn't need to buy books from a store like Amazon. (winks)
It makes me chuckle.