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I just hope these mergers won't steer the industry towards more monopolies which would be bad for the customers.
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10-27-2012, 09:18 AM | #17 |
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The dominant power that Amazon has achieved in some markets apparently requires an equally dominant publisher as a counterbalance.
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10-27-2012, 07:59 PM | #18 |
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It's been reported that Amazon has 90% of the UK ebook trade. Penguin (Pearson) is a British company who wants to concentrate on the educational market. They could either spin the rest into a weaker company or merge with another.
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Do I therefore think the degree of market consolidation in the publishing industry is unrelated to individual product prices? Well, actually, I'm not sure. But when you combine the fact that publishing would still be a rather non-consolidated industry after the merger, and the fact that the products are already monopolized, I can't see it really giving them power to raise prices. |
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Bertelsmann has annual sales of 15 billion € - while that's not the same size as Amazon it isn't a minnow, either. The main aspect is that it is so big that its books cannot simply be removed by Amazon just because Amazon isn't happy with the sales agreement.
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As long as publishers speak in a single voice, there is no need for merging. It is unfortunately the case that big publishers usually agree on "sensitive" topics such as DRM and eBook ownership versus lease.
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I am sure Kim Dotcom would have agreed with you, until New Zealand Police placed him in custody in response to US charges of criminal copyright infringement. It's a sad fact that the arm of US lobbyists reaches far beyond mere US borders.
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