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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I don't understand the desire to control audiobooks from an e-ink device. The key feature of an e-ink reader is the screen. What do audiobooks gain from an e-ink screen?
The number of readers who own an e-ink device but don't own a phone, tablet or computer must be vanishingly small to non-existent.
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This isn't a response to a reader's desire for audiobooks on an e-ink screen. It's a response to Kindle and maybe Kobo's desire to sell more books.
The key to all this stuff, and the biggest problem from a reader's point of view, is that e-ink readers aren't designed primarily for readers, they're designed to sell books. Anything the vendor can do to sell more books they'll do, readers be damned.
That's why I keep hoping, although I know better, that companies like Asus and Lenovo will get interested in making ereaders. I know I'm just dreaming but it's a nice dream and I refuse to let it go.
Barry