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Originally Posted by LakeLoon
Not entirely crazy!  But I am a little skeptical, because Amazon stands to gain quite a bit by being able to compete on price with other ebook stores. That sells content, which sells Kindles, which sells more content from Amazon. A double-edged sword, but nobody said market forces were benevolent.
I'm more inclined to believe that Apple and the publishers were taking aim at Amazon. That's playing hardball, but it is not necessarily illegal. |
But the market is unstable. If the prices for ebooks are low now, it will be very difficult to compete later. Plus I keep thinking that the extra costs that are related to ebooks only also contain the cost of adding DRM. Sort of like saying: "I can only sell this book to you if I chain it down. You are going to have to pay for the chain." What if Amazon wants to have more expensive chains?