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Originally Posted by Alisa
I think it becomes more meaningful over time. If the majority of the profit is in the content rather than the hardware, then a device like Sony's could be abandoned despite its popularity if folks aren't buying their content through them.
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That's a good point. I suppose it depends on what Sony's view of the Reader/eBookStore relationship is, they keep
saying that the store is there to support the Reader, not vice versa, but we have to decide how much we
believe that. Personally, I think it's more than half true, but I wouldn't want to commit any more than that.
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Originally Posted by Alisa
I've been wondering if [Sony has] internally conceded defeat and are just putting the minimal effort in to get whatever bit of revenue they can. They certainly could add a lot more value with a few key firmware and store features but I'm not seeing that kind of investment in the future from them right now.
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I know they got moved from one division to another recently, that may account for some of the apparent "fuzziness" in their Reader activity.