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Originally Posted by anamardoll
The THOU MUST SIDELOAD WHETHER THOU WANTS TO OR NOT approach isn't some magical egalitarian perfect future of online equality, it's not wanting to share a cut with the sellers. And that's fine. But call the pig a pig, not an Elbonian Mail Order Bride.  |
I don't really understand the comments about how you must sideload. All the ereaders with a browser will probably be able to download the book directly, and the ones that don't were sideloading anyway.
And the profits are going to be shared between Rowling, her publishers and Sony anyway. Going through retailers would just increase the price of the books, by at least 40% if they go with the evil agency model. It's not like the books can only be sold with the help of the retailers.