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Originally Posted by Harmon
Answer: not many. It's just not a very big niche.
But what the iPad will do is attract readers who want an all-in-one media device, including books, blogs, magazines, movies, internet, email, twitter, etc.
Readers like me.
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Yeah, and what it will also attract are casual readers who would never buy a dedicated reading device.
They'll buy it for the web surfing, games and other random apps (as well as the hype) and hopefully end up buying some books, magazines, comics etc. on it.
So it, and other tablets as they roll out, can expand the market for e-books by getting capable machines in the hands of people who don't read enough to buy a dedicated reading device.
But I agree with your assessment. I was much more impressed with it than I thought after playing with my girlfriends for a few hours. It's just very slick and being a person that spends more time on movies, games, net surfing etc. than novel reading, it's a device I'd get a lot more use out of than I do my Kindle which just gets read in bed.
I found it a lot smoother and more enjoyable surfing the net, watching a show on ABC etc. on the iPad than I do doing the same on my laptop.