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My guess is that if the Kindle is a success, it can only be good for eReading.
At $400 apiece, the Kindle has sold out in less than 6 hours. This fact alone is bound to incentivize the market.
Ultimately, Amazon is in the business of selling content, not hardware, and it will go in the direction of selling more content.
Because Apple - or someone - is going to produce a tablet device that will surf the net, convert & play any eBook format, play music, and connect wirelessly to cable television streaming over the net. And Amazon will want a piece of that action.
Look at Audible - at one time they had a dedicated audiobook player for their content. Maybe they still do...
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