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Originally Posted by rhadin
Harry, as I understand it, Amazon's Kindle is dominant only in the United States, not worldwide. If true, then Rowling has the clout.
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It's dominant in the US, and even more dominant in the UK. Together, those two markets probably account for at least 90% of world-wide eBook sales, so I'd say it's pretty significant.
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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.
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I'm afraid I don't agree with you. The eBooks will sell very well, I'm sure - they'll probably be the best ever selling eBooks, but in the overall scheme of things they are, as you say, only 7 novels (plus a few other odds and ends). I can't see Amazon (or anyone else) changing their business practices simply to accommodate her.
I may of course be entirely wrong. Time will tell!
BTW, purely as a side-note, Ms. Rowling is apparently not actually a billionaire. The most recent "Sunday Times Rich List" (the semi-official "who's got most money in Britain" list) rated her wealth at £519.