01-04-2013, 01:47 PM | #16 |
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They effectively have gone for a form of ePub. The "KF8" format which most Kindle books now use is essentially ePub 3 in a Mobi "wrapper".
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01-04-2013, 02:00 PM | #17 | |
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But I do agree with you that a lot of people have not even heard of Calibre, do not know they can remove drm or even that there is drm on the books they "bought"...but once they by chance find out - wanting to buy another reader, to borrow a ebook from a friend or what have you - then thanks to google they can find info on everything in just about an hour or so...Speaking from experience... |
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01-04-2013, 02:31 PM | #18 | |
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Amazon would have to run *two* separate server systems, doubling their overhead. Given the state of the market (where they already own 55-65% market share) there is no way the return on investment will be made up by going after disgruntled customers. Who, if they're disgruntled enough will be coming to them anyway. That kind of poaching makes more sense for lesser players (Kobo and Sony) than the market leader. For Kobo, poaching even 10% of Nook's (26% US market share) customers would be a noticeable boost to their 6-8% market share. And all they have to do is add support for B&N DRM, not set up a whole new ebookstore. And they haven't, have they? Neither has Sony. Or Apple. Or BoB. Or any of the generic ADEPT stores. Either all the ebookstores are run by bad business types or they see no profit in going after Nook owners. Last edited by fjtorres; 01-04-2013 at 02:33 PM. |
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01-04-2013, 03:29 PM | #19 | |
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Amazon by doing that also prevents people owing a nook / sony / kobo to switi to amazon without loosing this books. I wouldn't mind buying books from amazon, but hey, wrong format. They win money with kindle users unable to buy books elsewhere, but how many sales lost to non kindle owners ? How many kindle sales lost because the person owns a nook / kobo and can't switch ? |
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01-04-2013, 04:03 PM | #20 |
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Quite a few business are run into the ground in the pursuit of "every last posible customer". Palm computing comes to mind as one company that put market share above profitability.
Some customers cost more than they're worth. Amazon has a business model that works for them and their customers. They are under no obligation to change it to appeal to people who want things done *their* way and no other way. They are one of the most customer-friendly companies around but they do have their limits. |
01-04-2013, 04:18 PM | #21 | |
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Recent news is that B&N is still going down. I can't imagine Sony is doing much good with their store, I really don't know about Kobo. As I see it the only two players really are Apple and Amazon at this point (or very soon). I personally prefer the epub format, and still use it, but after several years virtually all my purchases are from Amazon in kindle format (that I strip for future safety and conversion) but as it stands I could live with just amazon since I can also get my library books that way now. I went into this with my eyes open, purchased a sony 505 and others as well as a K2 so I'd have all the bases covered but as things have settled down it has centered on the amazon format and readers. Now if we could just get rid of that damned DRM! Without DRM there are only minor conversion issues if any. |
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01-04-2013, 04:39 PM | #22 |
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01-04-2013, 05:11 PM | #23 |
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The non-Kindle eink market is small and the percentage of non-Kindle eink users who don't already use Amazon is practically nil, since many of those same people have smart phones or tablets or computers loaded with Amazon's plethora of free apps to access Kindle format ebooks.
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01-04-2013, 06:37 PM | #24 | |
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Do you really think the pricing factor will be sustained? After a while they are going to have to stop selling below cost. I do not see how they can survive. Just like the housing crisis, the bubble will burst sometime. Auntykatkat |
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01-04-2013, 06:51 PM | #25 | |
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01-04-2013, 07:08 PM | #27 |
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It's worked for printer manufacturers and ink and toner for decades.
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There'll always be people who don't really get across their device (no matter what it is), and then there are the rest who do. As to the percentages in each category with respect to ebooks, who knows? But one thing to keep in mind is that ereaders are still 'new' ideas and that as they infiltrate generally into the community the word will definitely get around as to how to use them to suit the individual - and all that may entail. Again, whether a person takes up that knowledge or not is up to them. |
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Word gets around and those interested will pursue the wheres and why fors, and then in conversation they pass it on etc etc. |
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