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Originally Posted by rhadin
It is very unlikely that Amazon will publish a book and then give Barnes & Noble, Sony, Apple, Books on Board, and other booksellers the right to sell the book in competition with Amazon.
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I don't agree with that. At the end of the day, a business will do what is best for business. Every once in a while, that includes sleeping with the enemy.
I don't know if it's true anymore, but for a long time Samsung were providing the displays for Sony LCDs, even though they are technically their competitors. And, of course, the A4/A5 chips used in Apple's iOS devices are also provided by Samsung, even though they are competitors, as well. (This may change soon, of course, since their rivalry seems to be taking ever more vindictive turns.)
The idea that Amazon would not give competitors the right to sell their ebooks is a little naive. If and when Amazon has a fully operational publishing business, it will obviously make sense for that aspect of their business to have their books sold as widely as possible. If that means selling Amazon published ebooks via B&N or Kobo, they will do so. And, of course, they will make money of such transactions.
They know that their own Kindle store is the most popular store out there; what better way to rub salt in their competitor's wounds than by not only outselling them, but also by having them
give Amazon money for selling ebooks? It's just good business.