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Ladies, your view on Amazon is as myopic as Amazon itself. First of, English is the second (or third, has Spanish passed it?) most spoken language on Earth. Unless you have a domination in China you will never be the world dominator. I got a Sony because I wanted to read e-books in other languages than English as well, the Kindle simply didn't provide me with that opportunity, the Sony with support for e-pub does. On the Sony I read books in Swedish, Danish, Japanese and German. People who read in those, and other, languages will always prefer an e-book Reader other than something from the Kindle family. All other languages combined surpass 90% of the languages spoken - and read - on this planet.
Even Amazon doesn't seem to realize that, register a Kindle in the US or UK store and you will be limited to books in English (a few exceptions does exist but they are not worth discussing) despite Amazon having a presence in Germany, France and Spain. So let us loosen our girdles and look beyond the horizon of our own small little nook (pun intended) and realize that Amazon is not going to dominate the world of e-book Readers and as a consequence neither will they dominate the e-book market.
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