We Need Consolidation, Not Expansion (E-reader craziness)

When I was working at my product development startup a few years ago, Q2 Labs, I purchased the first model of the Sony PRS digital book e-reader. We had wanted to see not only how it worked but also understand user behavior with this new class of devices (pre-tablet).

I can’t tell you how many conversations I had on planes with people asking me about the device. It was clear that there was a demand and need for it.

But then came the netbook. And then the tablet.

Now we are left with a host of e-...