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Originally Posted by Tomk2
I don't think that is likely. When Daunt took over book stores in the UK that sold Kindles, he got rid of the Kindles . He didn't like selling someone else's readers even when his company didn't have their own.
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There is zero point in a bookstore other than Amazon selling Kindles. How would it help a bookstore to sell books?
An ereader is a product for a supermarket, gadget shop etc. It helps sells the books of the store that commissioned it, unfortunately. That's why Kindle is #1, because Amazon sells 90% of ebooks. The ereaders other than Kobo, Nook and Kindle are niche.
Unless there is some sort of unlikely event, even the Kobo will become a niche product like the others.
The EU is investigating Amazon's promotion and pricing structures. KDP select, Amazon's own titles and Kindle Unlimited are predatory and anti-competitive.
Why would I buy a nook to buy B&N ebooks when it's more awkward than a Kindle or Kobo to backup or read on anything other than a Nook? At least with Betamax and Minidisc there were 3rd party players, not just the Sony products and they died.