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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 don't know. It depends on how much the rest of the world parallels where I live. Here in north Texas, while Amazon is still a force, and still has the lion's share of the
installed base...it is only getting a significant share of new readers sold as opposed to the lion's share it had before.
I think this is a normal sign of a maturing market.
I would suggest it parallels with the share of the automobile market that Ford developed but could not maintain.
With the loss of market dominance comes the loss of the ability to dictate standards.