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Originally Posted by Robertb
Dear Jusmee:
I wish you were right. Reality is that factories think the USA market is too damned competitive and largely not worth selling into. This news about Amazon and B&N only hurts. They have to WANT to be competitive here. They really don't worry about this market. The USA is small potatoes and our population does not read very much!
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That's weird, because it's the Asian manufacturers that are driving the cost lower and lower. Cheap clones of anything the Western companies come up with flood the market, and when they approach the functionality of the real thing (and they frequently do) they are one of the main reasons the Amazons and Apples start to drop prices.
It's also not just the el-cheapo clones, it's also respectable Asian companies that bring our very competitive products at lower prices. In fact, Astak selling the Jinke readers is just one example of this. When I bought my V5 at $199, that was way cheaper than Nooks and Kindles. Maybe you guys started the price wars? That'd be ironic, but as a consumer, I'm glad you did.
