Why the iPad is Good for Amazon But Bad for Every Other eBook Device Vendor

Here’s my take on Apple’s iPad iBooks app and iBookstore without even seeing or trying it. Stay with me here! Here’s my assumptions:

1. Apple’s iBookstore will provide a purchasing environment and process similar to iTunes and be comfortable and familiar to millions of iPhone and iPod touch owners.
2. The iBooks reader app will be, at the very least, a half decent experience

Assuming these two assumptions are correct, let’s continue on…

1. Casual book readers (like me) who were on the fence about buying a single function ebook reader device like the Kindle will buy their couple of books per year to read on an iPad.