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Originally Posted by Top100EbooksRank
[I]PG does not know any details of the Waterstones deal with Amazon, but here’s something he would have advised, had Waterstones asked for his help.
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Who is "PG"?
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Waterstones has 4 choices
1) build its own ereader (this will cost hundreds of millions of USD, see Nook R&D expense for example. In addition, Waterstones will be competing against the Kindle in selling ebooks, which mean razor thin margin under wholesale It would makes sense under "no price competition" agency model with the guaranteed 30% cut but how long will agency last?)
2) partner with Nook
3) partner with Kindle
4) partner with KOBO
If it rules out #1, then which of the 3 partners will earn Waterstones the most $$$$? Look like, Amazon made the best sales pitch and won.
It is not in Waterstones interest to partner with Nook when Nook offer a worst deal.
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I notice that you don't mention that Waterstones previously had a partnership with Sony. Any reason you don't think that has any future potential?