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The statement might stand if he'd interjected an adjective like "successful" or "significant," but as-is it looks like no one bothered to fact-check an assumption that could have been debunked with one google.
Whatever you think of Amazon's current business practices, you can't deny they brought coherence and widespread adoption to what had been a bafflingly stilted market. They are to e-books what Starbucks was to espresso (and decent coffee in general) in the states; they're far from the best in the market now, but the market would hardly exist without their initial success.
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