Thread: Implications of ebooks to the Long Tail
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Old 12-20-2010, 05:08 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Baldrake View Post
Amazon has a lot of value in their infrastructure beyond their publishing deals. Their massive database of user reviews and their recommender system are themselves sufficient to draw people to their site over "Ken's bookstore".
You're absolutely right. That's why Amazon had been my favorite bookstore--and perhaps my favorite website to buy anything--for a number of years.

But suppose the hypothetical Ken's Book Store routinely surveyed their site and set all my prices 5 cents cheaper? Enough people would checkout the book over there and then come to my place to buy books that I would earn lots of profit real fast.

But they've made it rough for Kindle customers to be unfaithful. They've added an spoiler beyond the long tail.
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