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I really don't get, why Amazon doesn't put more resources in the Kindle universe. They should have a large volume and quite a market position. Also, they don't lack the finances to push products. A larger Kindle would be an instant buy for me. I have been contemplating the Oasis just because it adds an inch of display and with the next refresh I will probably bite. But why not 8 or 10 inch devices? Or full A4 size.

Also, it would be great, if they made it easy to connect your Kindle to e.g. a Raspberry Pi and use it as a touchscreen display. I might pick up a couple of paperwhites, if that were possible.

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My theory is that since the settlement with Hachette, they don't see any way to make money in the space. E-books are ridiculously over-priced at the moment, and Amazon is not allowed to discount, so it makes it difficult to build up the kinds of volume Amazon needs to really push the market. Their direct publishing arm has lost a lot of momentum as publishers have really stepped up their game in acquiring authors because of the influx of cash they get through this system.

As a side note, the Oasis is for me the pinnacle so far of the Kindle family -- the physical buttons and the asymmetric design make in an excellent device. It suffers from some usability in the touch screen, and the shopping experience is super shitty, but the device itself when you're reading a book is excellent.

Amazon with their devices tends to push their own content, rather than the Apple model of having "apps" -- if Amazon would just make their own content second-class (by providing an API and an "amazon reader app" for the device, and allowing other bookstores and reader apps) then it would really be quite phenomenal.

Seems like a reasonable conjecture.

If this is the case, I wish they'd give in and support ePub and make side-loading a bit easier so that books purchased elsewhere could be added to your Kindle.

I'd love an ultimate-eInk-reader device that supported everything from everywhere.

(Yes, I have Calibre. It's way too tedious for most people.)

You can pry my Kindle DX from my cold, dead hands!

You use commas, quite strangely.

Into random places to put, commas I quite like!

Go for an Onyx Nova Pro. Runs on Android, has a large screen (perfect for PDFs) and ability to take notes with a stylus directly on the text.

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