Thread: Amazon is destroying e-reader innovation
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Old 05-23-2014, 07:48 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
To people focused on the stories, cheap readers matter: a Kindle basic runs US$49-69--a Kobo Aura $149-169. That hundred dollar spread amounts to 20-30 ebooks right there. Maybe 50. Non-trivial. So yes, cheap matters.
Why would you compare the price of a Kindle Basic to a Kobo Aura? It's more like to the Kobo Touch or Mini. Kobo Aura is more equivalent to the Paperwhite 2.

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The key thing is there really is one way that Amazon is negatively impacting the development of ebook readers devices: by supporting other types of devices with their reader apps. ebook access doesn't get any cheaper than free and free Kindle apps turn smartphones, tablets, laptops, and even desktops into ebook readers.
There is no shortage of free apps that read open epubs and PDFs, and there are free apps to read the walled-garden ones too.
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