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Originally Posted by HarryT
One might look at it the other way around and say that, given the Kindle's domination of the market, Ms Rowling would be crazy not to sell Mobi versions of the books. She needs Amazon more than amazon need her, to my mind.
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Harry, as I understand it, Amazon's Kindle is dominant only in the United States, not worldwide. If true, then Rowling has the clout.
More importantly, I think, is that Rowling could probably create a whole new format and sell the ebooks only in that format and it wouldn't be long before most devices supported that format. There are too many potential sales for outfits like Kobo, B&N, and Amazon to not comply with Rowling's wishes. How many authors can you name who became billionaires from a relatively short list of books like Rowling did? Stephen King, James patterson, Dan Brown -- none of them as far as I know are billionaires, let alone billionaires as the result of selling 7 novels.