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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
There is room for 2 or 3 or perhaps 4 ebook platforms worldwide and, at this point, Kobo certainly appears to be playing a strong, not a weak, hand as was implied.
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Originally Posted by CommonReader
And this extremely bold claim is based on what, exactly?
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Which part did you find "extremely bold"? There is room for 2 to 4 e-book platforms worldwide? Or Kobo appears to be playing a strong hand?
The post you quoted from made the case for each of those. However, here's a recap of the logic: Amazon and Kobo are "worldwide" on hardware and ebook sales; B&N is confined to the US; Sony's intention in the ereader/ebook space is extremely unclear as they've essentially sat on the sidelines for the past two aside from updating the screen and touch technology last fall (both excellent updates). Kobo didn't exist a year ago, now it is "widely" available.