04-03-2013, 03:27 AM | #166 |
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04-03-2013, 04:27 AM | #167 | |
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Microsoft were found guilty of abusing their monopoly position, and had to pay fines, modify the way certain things were done, etc (and last month they were fined 561m euros for failing to fulfill their obligations under the EU settlement). |
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04-03-2013, 04:40 AM | #168 | |
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04-03-2013, 06:23 AM | #169 | |
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04-03-2013, 07:57 AM | #170 | ||
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Unless it actually hurts consumers, competitors can go hang; evolve or die. (Nope, theoretical future harm does not apply; only past and present harm.) |
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04-03-2013, 12:30 PM | #171 |
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How will it be different from Kindle boards? I think it will be something similar...????
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04-03-2013, 06:39 PM | #172 |
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Noooo I hate Amazon. I really wish they would stop trying to take over the entire book world. Then I might like them a bit more and start buying from them again.
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04-03-2013, 07:57 PM | #173 |
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04-03-2013, 08:19 PM | #174 | |
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Here's another reason why Amazon (might have) bought Goodreads:
http://www.teleread.com/amazon/one-m...hor-discovery/ Quote:
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04-03-2013, 09:18 PM | #175 | |
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"Go nuts on Goodreads and Amazon might publish you on one of their imprints!" Oy. They will "increase their presence", GR readers will respond negatively, STGRB will make a big deal of that, and it will be Bullygate all over again. I really, really hope I'm wrong but... Alas, we shall see. There are many authors I interact with and love dearly, but their unrestrained and less professional brethren make me seriously annoyed. |
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04-03-2013, 09:44 PM | #176 | |
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One of the benefits to GR is that the groups are moderated. Most authors don't get to go nuts for long before being blocked from groups (assuming the mods are paying attention.) Most of the groups have a place for authors to post and when they post outside of them, they get canned. But they do have their sagas. Shrug. No way around that. I'm not so sure that Amazon needs any additional data to "mine" for 'successful' writers. They have access to almost all the sales data they need. There are very few authors who sell more books on another retailer...unless they just use success as "number of reviews." Yeah, that could be bad... |
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04-04-2013, 10:35 AM | #177 |
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Exactly.
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04-05-2013, 12:12 PM | #178 |
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Amazon is good for authors and readers to publish and sell books at competitive price..
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04-06-2013, 04:54 PM | #179 |
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Not hopeful that Goodreads will still exist in a year or two. I remember the glowing press when they bought Stanza. They don't want any competition. At all.
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04-06-2013, 05:08 PM | #180 | |
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The only way Goodreads will disappear is if Goodreads / Amazon pulls some sort of boneheaded move that causes everyone to leave. I'm not ruling that out, mind you; as I stated previously, I'm taking a wait and see approach. But I don't believe Amazon bought it to kill it like they've done with others. They now have access to the data of 13 million readers - I don't see them tossing that in the trash on purpose. |
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