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Originally Posted by Rizla
I see your point, though an American buyer will have to pay more and will risk more should the device develop a fault.
But your point doesn't bear on my argument that innovation and choice in the American market is lagging behind the European / Asian market, and that this lag is due to Amazon's dominance in the market and its lack of interest in supplying niche products to that market.
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Unfortunately, your point seems to be more of an assertion than an argument. There is only one real technical innovation that doesn't seem to be available in the US market as opposed to European and Asian markets, and that's color e-ink.
All the other features seem to be there.
Beyond that, what niche are you looking for? If it's large format readers; their failure in the US market was not because Amazon wasn't interested in serving that niche. Amazon offered a large format e-ink reader, and it was a sales failure. If it hadn't been, BN would have copied it years ago, rather than moving into tablets.
It's not simply a matter of Amazon squashing innovation. They actively adopt it; BN released the Nook Color, Amazon followed with the Kindle Fire.