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Originally Posted by brecklundin
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Next Amazon is going to want to leverage that Audible content fast, as in yesterday kinda fast. I see the logical next evolution of the Kindle into a device for eBooks as well as audio Audible format books.
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So, Amazon is in a weird position too...Amazon's "hole-card" would be, as far as MP3 style audiobook content, Audible is the only real game in town.
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BTW, my reason for posting this here is I would think this deal almost dictates the next gen Kindle must also support Audible books...and sooner rather then later.
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The current Kindle supports Audible, so I'm sure the next gen one will too.
While Audible is the major player for downloadable audiobooks, they aren't the only one & some of the others are starting to get more content. Audible is of course still the top supplier. Many audio publishers also sell their stuff on CD in MP3 format with no DRM too.
Who knows what Amazon will do. For now they'll probably just run it separately like they do MobiPocket. I just hope they don't increase Audible's prices. It'd be nice if they started offering membership packages with more than 2 credits again though.