"Amazon wins because they embed more intelligence and more knowledge in their system than anyone else. The tools that Amazon makes available and easy to use make me effectively smarter about book purchasing ... Amazon augments my intelligence. Since I'm "smarter," I tend to make better decisions about the books I buy, buying fewer that I don't like..."

"The combination of Amazon, e-books, and a personal content management system like Tinderbox is allowing me to create what I call my "Library of the Future." ... By using Tinderbox as an application to "glue" different, knowledge-rich information sources together, I've created a system that allows me to easily discover, purchase, track, annotate, relate, and search my important books in a "just-in-time" fashion." [Erehwon Notebook]

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