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Old 08-19-2010, 01:21 PM   #6
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I'm worried, all right. I'm worried that Amazon will turn into Microsoft and rule the entire field. Right now, by the real sales estimates, Amazon is doing 80% plus, BN is doing about 15% and the rest are slurping on the last 5%. That means that since BN just put itself up for sale and might go out of biz entirely over the next few years, Amazon is eating everything.

This is a worry if they become like Ipods or Windows machines and barely have any real competition. I don't want them to rule the cosmos, they will dictate terms to authors and readers alike.
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