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Old 01-30-2017, 05:27 PM   #20
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Exactly! Except for the fact that Amazon—unlike Apple—still makes and sells cheap eink Kindles and Fire Tablets that anybody can afford, of course. But other than that ... spot on!
I think that's exactly been Amazon's big innovation. They made really good ereaders affordable.

Of course that's a two edged sword. While it means most people can afford a first rate device for reading it also means nobody else can really compete with them so we don't get a lot of choice in the devices that are available.

Amazon is, in a sense, kind of a benevolent dictator in the ebook market. They provide a really first rate ereading environment and we better like it or else.

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