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Originally Posted by jbcohen
To what do you attribute the dominance of the Kindle?
Certainly there is somewhat of an image thing that is promoting kindles - go out to the park with your Nook or Nook Color and see what reaction you get from others "Is that a Kindle?" you will be asked. "No its a nook" you will get some strange looks.
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Marketing: Amazon leveraged the fact that they were already the default online destination for book-buyers into a dominant position in eBook sales.
They took advantage of that status in conjunction with aggressive advertising and pricing to get themselves to the top of the heap. It's no surprise that they didn't open up the Kindle store to other devices until after they had gained dominance in the market.