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" Just as it can be addictive to be in a real world bookstore or library, it's the same on the Web. "

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" The subscriptions were working so well, and on top of that, we saw the success of Netflix and Spotify and thought, 'We can create a similar kind of experience for books.' "

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" We actually determine whether the book is read and make payments to the publisher based on that. "

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" If we're going to build hardware, the thing we want to do is build reading goggles, so you can do hands-free reading. "

" We see ourselves as the world's digital library. That can be a lot more than books. We do want to expand to other types of content: sheet music, magazines, user-generated content. "

" Holding a book you're reading is kind of old-school. "

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" The goal is to become the central hub of publishing, where we have all the written material - user-generated and professional. We want to be the place where people can publish instantly to their audiences... and to get there, it's just about doing things step by step. "

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