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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
I wonder why now. If they want to push some great update, they can clearly deliver. For years they been dragging their feet and gave us almost nothing to push the reading customizations ahead.
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Software development is not as predictable as hardware. They wrote a Scribe product description in October and they are still trying to make all of that real.
And given the way Amazon chose to implement PDF Markup (and Notebooks for that matter), there are a lot of entirely new pieces to build out and coordinate, Scribe firmware updates are tip of the iceberg. They are building out a platform, the competition are building devices only.
Moreover there was no need to rush out PDF markup. It's not a big market, and it's not something recreational readers or even notebook people have much interest in. In fact better to hold it back, iron out the details, nail the requirements, and wait for natural market demand ('Back to school!') for more impact.