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Old 01-05-2015, 11:37 AM   #16
Dr. Drib
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Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour
I predict:

Amazon will come out with a new ebook reader in the form of glasses. The following year they will release an updated ebook reader in the form of plastic contact lens for the discriminating reader who wants the best.

One year later, Kobo will release their version, but with firmware and hardware issues that will eventually be ironed out just as the unit is phased out.

Sony will abandon its large, professional PDF viewer, and the units will be remaindered at start-up kiosks with the display stripped off, due to copyright issues.

B&N will declare bankruptcy.

The following year, Kobo will be purchased by Apple.

The year after that, Apple will purchase Microsoft.

One year after the above, Amazon will purchase Apple.

Borders will reopen will as a take-out pizza chain. A wrist-watch ebook reader will be given away free for all pizza orders over $50. Unfortunately, the wrist-watch will be the size of a paperback book and will fail to keep time. Borders will eventually declare bankruptcy again.

A new start-up company in an as-yet-unnamed third-world country will release an ebook reader suspiciously similar to the first Kindle 1 from 12 years ago. It will have the same DPI as the Kindle 1 and will behave exactly like the Kindle 1. It will be a huge success and will eventually - in one more year - come to dominate the ebook market. It will be called "The One." They will eventually purchase Amazon.

Mobileread members will flock to "The One," proclaiming how charming it is and will predict that it will usher in a new era of digital delight when it comes to reading books.

One dissenting member from Mobileread will lament that the fonts and margins cannot be changed on "The One."

Repeat cycle.




I just realized that my prediction includes 2015 and a few years beyond. Sorry for the confusion.

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