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Old 03-28-2012, 09:44 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by ATDrake View Post
...Otherwise, you end up preferentially skewing and biasing the test by cutting out the portion of the potential sales market which uses ePub and/or doesn't shop via Amazon...
I think they are intending to test the Amazon market; it's not a skewed test if all they want to test is the Amazon market.

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...I myself have a Kindle, but I consider Amazon's proprietary format to be technically inferior and really not worth paying for in most cases and I do not care at all for certain of their business practices, such as charging customers who happen to live in certain countries an extra $2 per Kindle title*...
I imagine (I'm not Amazon, so I can't confirm this) that it costs a bit more to do business in some countries than others. They have to cover those costs. That's not an inappropriate business practice--it's good business. Like paying more in the US for DVD's of BBC's better programs.

I'm curious, and this is off topic (so maybe PM me instead), but what do you mean by "technically inferior" when it comes to Amazon's format. I have no familiarity with ebook format issues, so I apologize if this seems like a dumb question.
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