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SEATTLE — The company whose chief executive proclaimed in 2008 that people don’t read anymore may now be poised to swoop in and school the electronic-book-reader market. Apple, whose chief Steve Jobs predicted Amazon’s Kindle would never take off, could upend the fledgling e-reader industry in much the same way its iPod redefined digital music. If talks with publishers are any indication, that will happen Wednesday when its “latest creation” is unveiled.
Apple on Monday also reported its most profitable quarter ever over the holidays, as huge sales of the iPhone — and a new way the company accounts for the device — led to a nearly 50 percent jump in net income. The Associated Press
