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comatose_kid on Nov 20, 2007 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Future of Reading (a play in 6 acts)

I doubt a good reader can ever be created by an entity that profits from the content.

ctkrohn on Nov 21, 2007 [–]

Why not? I don't see what makes books so much different from the iPod in this sense. Apple's certainly profiting from the content on many iPods...

run4yourlives on Nov 22, 2007 | [–]

Big difference being Apple was providing content for their platform, and Amazon is providing a platform for their content.

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