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Bad example, Surface >>>> Kindle. Putting windows on their tablet is absolutely the right decision. Missing out on the tiny ebook reading market is pretty irrel
by KaoruAoiShiho 9y ago
Bad example, Surface >>>> Kindle. Putting windows on their tablet is absolutely the right decision. Missing out on the tiny ebook reading market is pretty irrelevant for MS.
- hrktb 9y agoA few months ago the number of ebooks outnumbered the physical books in Japan. I don’t know if that what we’d call a tiny market, and even if Kindle devices are not the primary support, it helped tremendously to anchor Amazon as the first choice provider for ebooks.
- reubenswartz 9y agoThe Surface and Kindle are very different devices-- I was referring to the first MS reader efforts, ~2 decades ago, long before the Surface.
- KaoruAoiShiho 9y agoYes I'm aware. MS had all kinds of eink efforts before the surface. My point is that I agree with MS execs that efforts are a waste of time. The market for Windows on a tablet is massive and they needed to focus on that and get that to market ASAP. Eventually we saw it realized as the Surface.
- StreamBright 9y agoAre you sure? https://www.statista.com/topics/1474/e-books/ https://www.statista.com/topics/1474/e-books/
- KaoruAoiShiho 9y agoSpecifically talking about ebook devices like the Kindle and the Courier not all ebooks in total. Most people read ebooks on their phones.