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Apple and Goggle do not put the same emphasis on the e-book as a profit maker as Amazon does. Amazon is clearly emphasizing the Kindle Line and e-books as a part of its business plan. Apple has the IBook store but I don't see it being emphasized the same way Amazon emphasizes the Kindle E-book store.
This is not a surprise to me, Steve Jobs did not think that enough people read to make building a dedicated e-book reader profitable so why would the company embrace the IBook store? Sony has been in the e-book industry longer then Amazon and its bookstore is still, well, laughable. BN is a bookstore and its e-book store is still lagging behind Amazons.
All I am saying is that one reason that Amazon scares the crap out of the Publishers is that Amazon has put the e-reader and e-book on display as an important part of its business plan. The other e-reader/e-book stores still have not followed Amazons suit.
So part of the reason why Amazon is a dominant player is because Amazon has focused on this particular niche industry and the others are still lagging.
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