Quote:
Originally Posted by Penforhire
I agree that Kindle is becoming such a term but the reason for their comments back then is they had NO idea Sony made e-readers. Amazon marketed it aggressively including getting into the Oprah show, which had to give Amazon a real boost.
|
They also had a huge existing market for direct sales. When people buy Sony gear, they don't, generally, buy
from Sony, they buy from retailers. Not true of ebooks, I guess, but perception is everything.
People buy Sony stuff, but people buy
from Amazon.