tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198904273734254988.post8926042241233998524..comments2024-02-06T02:55:38.691-05:00Comments on Eco-Libris blog: Kindle Killer? Probably not, but will the iPad become a Kindle Cannibalizer?Raz Godelnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16563394691076298729noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198904273734254988.post-13429086422558118542011-01-05T12:28:52.286-05:002011-01-05T12:28:52.286-05:00I confess, I'm in that "avid reader"...I confess, I'm in that "avid reader" niche. And honestly, the fact reading is a niche activity is a national disgrace - a decline of our culture by any standard.<br /><br />But I think you're missing the point. The Kindle is a niche product that does one thing extremely well. No multi-purpose computer, be it desktop or tablet, matches the devoted e-reader as a replacement for a book.<br /><br />You've made a lot of leaps and assumptions here that are debatable . . . there's a bit of anti-Kindle aura leaking through.<br /><br />Those who want expensive toys that can do everything from video conferencing to games to Facebooking . . . and oh, by the way, read a book . . . will tend to gravitate to a tablet.<br /><br />Tablets may well cannibalize many things digital - especially as they break out of the Apple silo - but I suspect that the ability to be able to read a book on one - something you can do with any computer on the market, is going to be a reason for purchase.<br /><br />And on the numbers of iPad owners who also own Kindle, your conclusions are possible, but could easily wrong. It's just as possible that those iPad owners - who are early adopters by definition (and likely of gadgets in general) - use their iPads for many things, but still read their Kindles. (That's assuming that, as you surmise, they owned the Kindles first . . . and we can't assume that, of course.)nolavampirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552309822308031815noreply@blogger.com