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Originally Posted by HarryT
This would be a very poor move from the perspective of the consumer. Amazon is a "one-stop shop" for eBooks; I don't want to have to go to Macmillan's site for Macmillan's books, Penguin's site for Penguin's books, etc.
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All you would have to do is put the book's title in the search box and press Enter. It wouldn't really be all that much different from now.
And before long, there'd be an app for that. In fact, apps , not websites, may be the way for publishers to go.
That said, I'm ambivalent. I think that publishers should focus on publishing, by cracky. Contrary to popular MR belief, the BPHs carry out important functions, -finding, developing, and bringing authors to market- and I'd prefer they focus on those functions rather than getting into retailing.
Like it or not though, publishers feel threatened by Amazon-with good reason, if you look at the IPG mess -and so they are looking to get around Amazon.