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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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I disagree. Amazon needs her more then she needs them. People without a reader will get one that can handle the eBooks. And if Sony has a new Reader that's not too expensive and comes in an HP themed version with all the eBooks pre-loaded, then Sony will sell well. Remember, Rowling is NOT American and thus doesn't need to kow-tow to Amazon. Amazon will either give-in or get trounced. Remember, outside the USA, ePub capable devices sell better then the Kindle. And I for one think it's high time someone told Amazon that Mobipocket is not good enough. Maybe she wants to make a reading experience similar to the books and she cannot do that with a Kindle. But she can do that with ePub. The HP books use a number of different fonts and you cannot recreate that with Mobipocket. ePub yes. So really, even though you can convert to use on the Kindle, it won't be nearly as good if she's gone all out like I hope she has.
So really, Amazon is the one that's going to have to change. Rowling doesn't need Amazon. Amazon needs her.