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Posted by: IndieBookMan, stored in: Mainstream Publishing and tagged: Cantara's Postings, Resources, The Digital Revolution
From Techcrunch:
Q: Has your opinion of e-readers changed?A: I’m sure there will always be dedicated devices, and they may have a few advantages in doing just one thing. But I think the general-purpose devices will win the day because I think people just probably aren’t willing to pay for a dedicated device. You notice Amazon never says how much they sell; usually if they sell a lot of something, you want to tell everybody.
We don’t see that it’s a really big market at this point. And in the future, the more general-purpose devices will tend to win the day.
I’m not sure that Amazon, as an example, really cares that much about being in the hardware business. If I were Amazon, I’d love selling stuff where I didn’t have to have a warehouse, didn’t need UPS.
October 24th, 2009 at 4:08 PM
"I’m sure there will always be dedicated devices, and they may have a few advantages in doing just one thing. But I think the general-purpose devices will win the day because I think people just probably aren’t willing to pay for a dedicated device."Uhhh…How iPods have you sold lately, Steve?Honestly, I think he was pulling the interviewer's leg. Another case of unrecognized sarcasm.