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Originally Posted by shousa
Kindle ebooks cannot be put on the Sony Reader (without hacking) and neither can Sony ebooks be put on Kindle - THIS IS MY POINT. So having now defined it more accurately I think you can see where I am coming from. Apologies again for my lack of a full definition.
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The same could be said for the iPod and the Zune for example. Yet these devices are used by average users every day.
Portable audio players became mass market without any major store offering a large collection of songs. Even iTunes had a rough time building a decent collection.
Although DRM-less files, multiple stores and a very large number of e-books available would be heaven, the music industry already proved that you can reach mass-market appeal without all of this.