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Originally Posted by Andybaby
that good, Europeans Need a good ebook reader. as i think the Readius is vaporware.
how popular is amazon in Europe? In the US most people who Order online (there are still many who dont like to, I like to SAVE money, so i almost always order online) Use Amazon atleast some of the time and the Kindle on the Main Page Accounted for the most popular ebook reader i the world. I dont think anyone even comes close to touching amazon in the ebook market, eventually im sure they will open up the kindle store to other devices/ or DRM free the kindle store, untill them I expect whereever the Kindle touches, the kindle will rule.
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I'd think Amazon is very popular. There are 2 places I go for books Amazon.co.uk and Abebooks.co.uk (they sell second-hand, out-of-print). I don't think I've shopped for books at any other places online like Waterstones, maybe a few rare things on Ebay from time to time.
Where Wizpac might have an advantage is if Amazon delays too long on releasing a European version. If Wizpac sneaks in there with a decent enough store, maybe partnering with Waterstones and the like, they have a good shot of stealing Amazon's thunder. It's a German company, and we've already heard of the big ebook push in Germany, so there's another reason it might gain ground.
I know that if I had the choice, and solely on how the device looks, I'd go for the Txtr over the Kindle. It just has a...I don't know, certain something about it that's very appealing.