Technically, anybody could produce an ebook reader. I suppose the publishers brought their demise onto themselves by giving exclusive rights to sell books to Am

Technically, anybody could produce an ebook reader. I suppose the publishers brought their demise onto themselves by giving exclusive rights to sell books to Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Nobles. Maybe they'll come around in time and open the market to everybody. Then there could be competition on ebook readers. I'd love to switch to ebooks completely, but I still can't stomach the fact that I don't own the ebooks I "buy", and that I can not just read whatever I want on my reader (at least not without a lot of hassle). Or even switch readers at will - these days buying an app or an ebook is essentially just cementing the vendor lock in, which is of course intentional.