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Originally Posted by Poppaea
Kindles are
1. not worth as much as Sonys due to the cheaper components and cheaper technology (buttons/touchscreen) and
2. are subsidized as they are just a means for Amazon to sell books
Sonys are built to be sold as readers with being tied to a bookstore where they generate income. The moment a Sony is sold it is the only business made out of it they can count on.
As I said. Here in Europe where readers are sold as stand-alone devices without being tied to any bookstore, all readers are in the same pricegroup as the Sonys.
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1- doesn't matter. It's an ereader, not a car.
2- subsidized or not, $139 is the price to beat. I won't consider an ereader unless it's at or below that price point.
3- bookstore tie-ins are irrelevant to me, since my primary reading consists of public domain books; and all ereaders can easily tap into that market for free.