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I think it's pretty sad that B&N isn't there as a serious competitor to Amazon. At least Kobo is hanging in.
I use Amazon a lot. I have a Prime account because I live in a rural area and I don't have a car so I'm pretty dependent on them. And they're easy to depend on. They make my life a lot easier.
Still, for a corporation to have that much influence on our lives is more than a little bit scary and it seems they're just getting started. It's fortunate that they see happy customers as so important and I think the odds of that staying true are much greater as long as they have competition.
The real danger comes when they no longer have competition. When B&N and Kobo fade away; when Amazon has bought out Walmart, or when Jeff Bezos leaves Amazon to become king of the world, we're in trouble.
Barry
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