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palex481 · 03-25-2010, 03:40 AM

Mark my words, Apple will not try to block Kindle app. Why would they risk all the negative publicity they would receive right at the launch of a brand new class of device? They wouldn't. The negative public opinion would be far more damaging than any loss in ebook sales.

Instead, Apple is banking on all the people that do not have a Kindle to use it's book store. I guarantee Apple will sell more iPads in the first year than Amazon has sold Kindles for it's entire existence. Kindle is not quite as ubiquitous as you may think. And all the older generation that hasn't bought into an iphone, much less an e-reader, will jump on Apple's bookstore in a heartbeat.

Apple's bookstore is already linked to your itunes account. Amazon's will probably be the same as the iPhone where you have to go to a webpage, login, and then download a book. Not very hard, but lots of people would rather buy content from their device maker than a third party.

Finally, there is Steve Job's statement. Apple is the largest mobile DEVICES seller in the world. Devices. Macbook, iphone, ipod. iTunes and App Store are nice I'm sure, but the money is in the hardware. Apple would rather sell 10 million iPads than 50 million books. Do the math.

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palex481 Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 53 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Mark my words, Apple will not try to block Kindle app. Why would they risk all the negative publicity they would receive right at the launch of a brand new class of device? They wouldn't. The negative public opinion would be far more damaging than any loss in ebook sales. Instead, Apple is banking on all the people that do not have a Kindle to use it's book store. I guarantee Apple will sell more iPads in the first year than Amazon has sold Kindles for it's entire existence. Kindle is not quite as ubiquitous as you may think. And all the older generation that hasn't bought into an iphone, much less an e-reader, will jump on Apple's bookstore in a heartbeat. Apple's bookstore is already linked to your itunes account. Amazon's will probably be the same as the iPhone where you have to go to a webpage, login, and then download a book. Not very hard, but lots of people would rather buy content from their device maker than a third party. Finally, there is Steve Job's statement. Apple is the largest mobile DEVICES seller in the world. Devices. Macbook, iphone, ipod. iTunes and App Store are nice I'm sure, but the money is in the hardware. Apple would rather sell 10 million iPads than 50 million books. Do the math. Last edited by palex481; 03-25-2010 at 03:46 AM.