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Originally Posted by Catlady
fjtorres, this explanation is the first one I've seen that makes sense to me.
But what it really comes down to is that Amazon does want one size to fit all--it wants a monopoly. Amazon's tactics seem to be designed to defeat epub, not to let it coexist. It's a format war, with Amazon on one side and everyone else on the other side. The ease of format shifting may mean there's a stalemate for a long time.
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I suppose it is a format war, but I'm not sure why you are blaming Amazon for it. There's nothing the matter with epub, but it is something developed by the publishers to fight Amazon. But since they neglected to specify DRM, it has basically fractured into standard, B&N, and Apple flavors.
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I'm just wondering--with Agency books, so price is eliminated as a factor, do people with devices that can have both Kindle and Nook/Kobo/etc. apps buy epubs or Amazon books? That would be an interesting survey.
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There's some data - Amazon has 75-80% of the US market, but 20% of their market share (20% of 100, not 20% of 80%) comes from people without a Kindle. Which means that, in the US, the market share of people buying Kindle books without a Kindle was basically equal to all other formats. (Which also has, of course, something to do with the fact that Nook didn't come out with an app until just a couple of months ago).