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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I think a larger screen Kindle would be a success. The question is why does Amazon show no interest in it? My guess is that many of the target users of a large device would be pdf readers, and that is a format that Amazon cannot really wall-in. So it makes less financial sense for them.
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Imagine if Apple completely dominated the smart phone business and its only competitors were a few small overseas companies whose phones you can't even buy in store. (This could not happen, of course, smart phones are too popular.) We'd still be stuck with 3.5" phones
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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I would say that was the reason for Amazon's refusal to include a bold font for so long. It just made no sense. I guess somebody finally gave in with the release of the new bold font. But how long did it take? Weird. It made no sense.
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And they chose Ember, the UI font, rather than Bookerly, the font they made a big typographical deal about for its readability. Not a font most people would choose for long text. And they made it way too bold for most people. It's like they said "you want bold? You want bold? There! Is that bold enough for ya?"