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by cameronfraser 1016 days ago
wow out of all the comments only one person actually answered the question
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Is Kindle that dominant among book readers?
Yes. Kindle is around 65% the ebook reader market in the US. Nook is about 25%. Apple and Kobo make up the rest. Kobo is more popular in Canada and in other international territories.

https://booksliced.com/books/the-exact-ebook-market-shares-o...

The Goodreads integration into Kindle cannot be overstated.

Ya, it is a big barrier.

But, you just have to approach it from different angles. Don't attempt to compete with Goodreads, but rather build something better that works in a new way around people's desires around books.

Goodreads is just a review database, easy to innovate around that barrier.

Fair enough, but that is just ebooks. Isn't goodreads also useful for dead tree readers? Although I guess the bibliophiles on goodreads are more likely to have an ebook reader.