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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Because most people are not serious readers. The research I saw showed that half of all Americans had not read a single book in 2009. Half the population of the US had not read a book in an entire year.
The 6 inch e-readers are now cheap enough that a casual reader will think it is not a bad idea to own one. Most of the serious readers, lets use this board as and example, own a 6 inch reader and have no interest in a 10 inch reader.
The size of the screen makes them a great deal more expensive so they are not likely to come far enough down in price to interest many folks.
There is little that they can do about the weight of the 10 inch e-readers and people love the light weight e-readers.
There is little they can do about the size of the 10 inch e-reader. Many folks want an e-reader that fits in their purse or can be slide into a coat pocket.
All of this means that the 10 inch reader is going to be a niche product and that it is not going to receive much love. At least, not from Amazon or BN or Sony.
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this is nonsense. you don't have to have a gigantic market to justify a derivative product, like a large screen reader. good businesses make their bread and butter from the mass market products but keep other customers happy supporting more niche products. almost every mature industry works that way.
as it stands you simply cannot read technical books on a 6 inch kindle, the formatting cannot support complex mathematical equations or graphs. therefore there certainly IS a market for 10 inch eink readers.
my guess is most people on these boards would buy a DX if it was cheaper. that's the angle i imagine amazon will work on...bringing to market a cheaper, lighter 9 inch reader to replace the DX. if they don't somebody else will.