Amazon monopoly is dangerous
The legal issues mentioned in the article show the importance of a splitting between the content provider and the machine itself. Amazon controlling too many pieces in the chain of literary distribution is very dangerous. I read a very interesting discussion on the kindle on Pandalous:
http://www.pandalous.com/topic/is_the_world_ready_for .
They speak both on its possibility for developing new kinds of art, but also the dangers it brings with it.