Amazon/Hachette Business Interruption

Post by lotsofmangos » Wed, Jul 30, 2014, 10:03 PM UTC

freehunter wrote: post #93

lotsofmangos wrote: post #54

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And your evidence that this isn't a zero-sum game, is, exactly, what? Me probably. And all the folk I know with reading habits like mine who have not bothered getting an ebook reader yet, despite having problems seeing the floor for books sometimes. edit - I think Amazon are complete and utter [redacted] over DRM, the 1984 debacle, their general attitude, etc. That said, I think they are probably right that everyone…

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Post by walterbell » Thu, Jul 31, 2014, 4:03 AM UTC

tjl wrote: post #113

walterbell wrote: post #30

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If it was, there would be a healthy e-reader market with competing devices and choices for consumers, which would deprive Amazon of business leverage over content distribution. Barnes & Noble had a brief moment of glory when their first Nook color tablet was cheaper, better and unlocked. Devs were selling rooted Android SD cards on eBay. If BN had opened up the hardware, they had a chance of gaining the scale needed…

A big problem with the competing device market is that books aren't portable between Amazon and alternatives (but they are between the alternatives). So, if you've bought a number of e-books on Amazon, switching becomes much more difficult.