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Originally Posted by Abecedary
and second, the quoted bit says "Amazon's soft side (availability of books) is attractive to me" (emphasis added), which clearly indicates that she's expressing her own personal opinion.
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I know, that's why I quoted that part of the posting. However here katewilly mused over company strategy:
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Originally Posted by katewilly
I keep wondering about Sony's long-term plan. Is this a play to make their bookstore competitive with Amazon's? Or it could be a last-ditch short-term plan, and if it doesn't work, Sony will sell the soft side (Epub books) to Barnes & Noble/Fictionwise or Borders, while they keep making hardware (not sure because of Ereader and Plastic Logic).
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And if you muse over company strategies of a
global player then you have think global. An on a global scale I wonder why should Sony take on Amazon on there own turf?
Ok, note to self: don't cut so much away when quoting.
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Yep, Sony is present in Austria!  |
And Switzerland.
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Don't forget, Vodafone starts with their own eReader (DIN A4 display) in autumn!  |
Any details on that surfaced - last I heard the Vodafone turned down Amazon and then announced an own eBook strategy. But no details on reader, fileformat anything.
BTW - news hit
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