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Originally Posted by barryem
I think that's exactly been Amazon's big innovation. They made really good ereaders affordable.
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I'd argue that point. Amazon (and Sony and B+N) only brought their devices down to an "affordable" price point after Kobo entered the market with a device at 1/2 the price of theirs. Albeit, the 1st Kobo device was definitely not as good as the Kindle, but it was at a price point that made me buy where Kindle was priced more than I was willing to pay (and availability in Canada was a challenge at that point). So yes, they did bring their price down for a good ereader, but IMHO that was directly in response to competitive pressure rather than true innovation.