Reading back over this thread, something odd just struck me:
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Originally Posted by davidnpauly
...the publisher will only support kindle version and he gives us the right to sell non-Kindle ebooks...
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Specifically, I'm rather curious now who this publisher is. You speak of him as "he", which implies a singular individual, or a small group that can be seen as an individual, rather than Amazon. But who
outside of Amazon would be trying to limit a book to Amazon customers instead of selling it to the widest range of buyers possible? That is, who but Amazon would be deliberately leaving money on the table in order to support Amazon? That's a valid business strategy for Amazon, but not for someone who's trying to sell as many copies as possible. Since "he" isn't Amazon, who is this Amazon-only publisher? Also, you said he "gives you" the right to sell non-Kindle ebooks. That would be, under normal circumstances, him
not buying the right to sell non-Kindle ebooks from you -- you're the guy with all the rights, and the transfer goes from you to him, depending on which rights you want to sell him or which ones he wants to buy, not the other way around.
There's something about this situation that is making me itch.