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You could always buy a Kobo Vox tablet -- $199, the same as a Kindle Fire -- and install the Kindle for Android app on it for the exclusive Amazon authors and enjoy the native Kobo books for everything else. No need to ever buy a Kindle (device) again.
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10-27-2011, 07:00 PM | #18 |
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The problem there is giving Amazon money for exclusive eBooks. That's telling Amazon it's OK for them to lock up eBooks with their non-standard locks. Soon to be even more of an issue with KF8. We have to take a stand and tell Amazon that what they are doing is unacceptable and we won't pay for it.
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10-27-2011, 07:30 PM | #21 |
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Well I don't know about that. I think "most" is arguable. In the U.S., "most" probably is Kindle rather than Epub.
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Between Kobo, B&N, Sony and others, are you really sure Kindle is most in the US when you combine the total number of ePub capable readers vs the total number of Kindles? I would doubt it. But world wide, ePub is #1.
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10-27-2011, 07:57 PM | #23 |
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Well, nobody knows for sure, but Goldman Sachs estimated kindle US marketshare at 67%. All independent estimates that I know of have kindle US marketshare at over 60%. The sales of Kobo and Sony combined are only about 10-15% that of kindle sales in the US. Worldwide, I've seen estimates of Kindle marketshare anywhere from 48% to 55%. General consensus is that kindle is about two-thirds US marketshare and one half global marketshare.
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Of course, it could just be that everyone around me is an anomaly. But suffice to say I do believe (based on nothing but my experiences) that Kindles dominate in the U.S. market. |
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