Maybe the kindle is just a desperate attempt to save some of the book business for Amazon. You are thinking too short term. Sure, maybe it will be a quasi monop

Maybe the kindle is just a desperate attempt to save some of the book business for Amazon. You are thinking too short term. Sure, maybe it will be a quasi monopoly for a while. But in the long run, why should people stick with the kindle? Other convenient devices and services will crop up making it seem very inconvenient to be tied to one vendor.