Thread: What will e-readers be like 10 years from now?
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Old 01-12-2018, 07:31 AM   #108
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Originally Posted by Alohamora View Post
If the tablets have already killed large format readers, as at least one person said up-thread, I think the same will happen with small format readers in the next 10 years.
Which makes me wonder, is the Kindle unfortunate overhead for Amazon? Or is it a valid product line? A lot of time, energy, and other resources go into producing and marketing the typical Kindle device.

Surely, by now, if Amazon just wanted to sell ebooks, the Kindle devices are redundant. Tablets won't kill the Kindles and the other readers. Larger screen smartphones might (My Moto Z2 play is almost good enough fo me to read on for long periods of time). But certainly, tablets will be killed by the smartphone first!

In the end, it is the reading I care most about. As long as I can read what I want, when I want, and in relative comfort, I'm good!
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