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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
... ereaders are a niche within a niche since not that many people are avid readers anymore....
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You guys keep saying this, but where do you get your information? From Steve Jobs?
My inkling is, that there are probably more readers today, than at any other point in history.
Literacy was not that high until the 19th century (20th, in many places) and a simple view of demographics will tell you, that there are many more bodies on the planet. Even if most of them are drooling idiots, or read only holy books, a sizable number is still left to sell (cheap) e-readers to.
It's new technology, and it hasn't come to all parts of the world. But neither has the iPhone.