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Originally Posted by Fbone
If you need epub format you cant shop at Amazon. Do Sony and Pocketbook owners even look at Amazon?
I dont think WH Smith and Waterstones necessarily compete against Amazon but they do with each other. Waterstones are pricing themselves out.
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They are absolutely competing with Amazon for new customers.
The eReader market in the UK is considerably behind that in the US. It wouldn't surprise me if Amazon sold more Kindles in the UK in a year than the total of eReaders that have been sold so far.
If Amazon can buy market share with low eBook prices, it freezes the ePub sellers out forever.
I've had two people ask for eReader advice in the last couple of weeks, and
other than library access it is a no-brainer. Amazon books are much cheaper and the Amazon device is cheaper. Amazon's selection is at least as good, if not better, and their delivery method and user experience is superior.
And the eBook retailers are stuck, as they have no control over the devices, so are limited in how much they can react.