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Originally Posted by daffy4u
No one (outside of Amazon) knows how many Kindles have been sold, so the comparison is faulty (and yes I do have Stanza and eReader on my iPod Touch but I haven't read anything on it  ). |
No one may no for sure, but I think it is fairly easy to take a guess considering the fact that there are not exactly a huge number of people providing e-ink screens. As a result I think it is clear that Amazon, Sony and others better watch their back door. Though I suspect that most dedicated readers will probably want a device better suited to reading than an iPod Touch, I can tell you that numbers like this will speak volumes to publishers. Stanza and Fictionwise both can honestly tell publishers that their software is in the hands of as many people as any of the dedicated devices.
I downloaded both Stanza and eReader for my iPod Touch 2 weeks ago. I am on my third book in 2 weeks. I have read with eReader and on my second with Stanza (Stanza plays better with Baen's Free Library than the eReader does). I found both to be perfectly adequate for reading and quite fun to use.
I kid you not, the only real disadvantage that I see with the iPod Touch as an eBook Reader is the screen size. Give me a 7" version.. or maybe even a 5" version and Sony and Amazon both have lost me as a potential customer.
That being said, there is not a larger iPod yet. If there was an eReader out there that could be used with my Mac, natively, then I would buy it pure and simple. As it is Sony might have a shot since it does at least support ePub. Kindle, as far as I am concerned, is far too closed a standard for me to invest in.
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Bill