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Originally Posted by Sporadic
I have to be honest, I wish they would bow out and team up with Amazon.
Sony has a flair for hardware but they always drop the ball when it comes to content.
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I think they initially dropped the ball on content when there only content was the Sony ebookstore. Since then they were the first to accept epub and Adobe Digital Editions opening up whole new sources of ebook content. The Sony ebookstore is mediocre but Sony was never a software giant.
I would not like to see a teaming up of Amazon and Sony. Amazon would force the dropping of epub and lock all devices to their store and azw format. Amazon seems like they want to control the hardware and software as opposed to Sony who is a hardware company and will let others handle the software.
I think both business models can prosper as each individual consumer has different requirements for their reading devices. Multiple readers are good for competition.