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Originally Posted by millicent
They have, of course, an app for that.
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Which automatically limits the content's visibility and market to their App and its environment.
The point here isn't that Amazon is first; we all know they aren't.
The point is that they are bringing it to the Kindle environment, the Kindle customer base, the Kindle apps.
The point is the visibility the content will get; visibility and accessibility.
That means the whole of the iOS user base *and* the Android user base *and* the Blackberry user base *and* the PC user base *and* the Mac user base. Plus the millions of Kindle hardware readers who are already buying digital content by the bushel. With more to come.
Whether or not people want to buy short form content is far from a given but the odds are that enough do want to that writers may once more be able to make a living off short stories.
That would be good, no?
For now, the odds of that happening are more likely through Amazon than through some start-up's private App. Plain and simple fact. That is what makes this BIG news.
When 900 pound gorillas roar, people notice.
