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The Kindle just looks more and more like an intermediate form, like MP3-enabled CD players

More like DRM-crippled players. What's missing is the equivalent of Protools for publishing. Ironic because there's already something like Oasis. LaTex is a bit esoteric for most people. So are most "desktop publishing" offerings. Most word processors don't go far enough. Does Pages have this functionality?

Music is going from a "hits" business to a "long-tail" model. Devices like this can do it for books as well. Software that enables this is going to sell well.



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