[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

You lack vision. MP3s purchased from Amazon aren't tied to a device.

Tablets allow people to read Kindle, Kobo, Nook and Gutenberg books all on the same device. I guess nobody reads on a tablet.

When the Nook was genuine competition with the Kindle, they were selling for $260.00. B&N, Amazon and Sony were all competing and others were preparing to throw their hats in the ring.

When B&N drastically cut their price and Amazon matched it, the e-reader market dried up.

Please reread my post. There was a non store ereader. It failed miserably.
Sony, Nook, Amazon and Kobos all have stores.

So no. It did not work. It has already been tried. Oh wait, there are some very expensive non-store ereaders. Check the Onyx and Pocketbook forums.

Here is the thing: ereaders are niche and 99% of the customers want easy.
Yes, but a tablet is not an ereader. They are two different animals.
Last year, there were over a billion tablets and smartphones. There were only 75,000,000 ereaders.
Niche man niche.