Thread: Could this be the future of Amazon ebooks?
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Old 02-10-2009, 12:23 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Gideon View Post
I know people get pretty protective of their brand choices, but the Kindle has been the best thing to ever happen for eBooks. Not because it's better technologically, but because it brought the very idea of ebooks to the masses and it did that doing what only Amazon could do:
  • It's a company many know and trust
  • It has the power and clout to force the book publishers into competitive and appropriate pricing
  • it has the selection to make such a thing worthwhile
There are a number of people who remember that Amazon suddenly dropped Lit and pdf books, leaving a lot of people disgruntled.
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