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Originally Posted by JAcheson
I also saw a whole lot more Kindle Fire ads on TV than I ever saw for the Nook.
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That's the thing with Amazon and their almost-monopoly. They have the money to "buy" continued success: constant freebies, below-cost offers, ads, commercials, partnerships, buying out sites, taking over local or national stores, and so forth. A company has to try very hard to be unsuccessful (like Sony) once a certain market share and revenue flow is achieved.
I'm not saying that various of Amazon's competitors are blessed with an abundance of economical cleverness (look at Kobo's store interface, for example), and there is a lot of mismanagement, but it's much easier to remain successful if you have the funds, an established customer base, and wiggle room for mistakes and failures. And above all, you have more time once you're in a dominant position, which also allows for experiments and innovation.