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Ninjalawyer · 04-20-2012, 10:47 AM

Greater adoption in smaller cities could be because there are fewer local bookstore options. Amazon is great, but sometimes you just want a book now and in a smaller city, there might not be the option to get it now because your bookstores don't carry it. More cosmopolitan cities still have a bigger variety of bookstores.

Dedicated ereaders might be less popular compared to tablets, but I'm not sure what that has to do with Apple. Do people who use the iPad generally use iBooks? Or do they download any number of competing apps and read their books that way? I have both an ereader and a tablet, and I just don't see them as being in competition with each other.

04-20-2012, 10:47 AM	#5
Ninjalawyer Guru Posts: 826 Karma: 18573626 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Nexus 7 (2013)	Greater adoption in smaller cities could be because there are fewer local bookstore options. Amazon is great, but sometimes you just want a book now and in a smaller city, there might not be the option to get it now because your bookstores don't carry it. More cosmopolitan cities still have a bigger variety of bookstores. Dedicated ereaders might be less popular compared to tablets, but I'm not sure what that has to do with Apple. Do people who use the iPad generally use iBooks? Or do they download any number of competing apps and read their books that way? I have both an ereader and a tablet, and I just don't see them as being in competition with each other. Last edited by Ninjalawyer; 04-20-2012 at 10:50 AM.