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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 4183019" data-attributes="member: 1308">Mostly a combination of 1) pricing and 2) selection.You can get other ebook readers with some similar specs, but they tend to be pricey in comparison. A few are similar, or cheaper but with fewer options.The real key is the selection. The Kindle had a huge portion of books available from Amazon the day it came out, while many of the competitors only have major bestsellers listed.The delivery system is rather innovative, too. By eating the cost of the Sprint cellular service, people can download newspapers and books anywhere they get signal at no additional charge.On the down-side, the e-ink display is still slow and black & white, if you don't get Sprint service it's not as useful for purchases (unless you plug it into your PC), and the DRM is pretty strict.</blockquote>