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Originally Posted by rhadin
What innovation was/is there in discount pricing? That's been around forever.
Exactly what innovations should Amazon be lauded for?
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Oh please. Amazon came out with a device that was easy for anyone to use, doesn't require a computer, is simple to purchase and download ebooks and was affordable. They took a market that was severely crippled and demonstrated the potential by disguising the restrictions and setting pricing that was rational in the marketplace. They provided the ability to synchronization your location in a book between devices. They allowed some ebook sharing (although crippled). They enabled text to speech (and were vilified for it).
I'm critical of Amazon and they have a lot to be criticized for but I have to admit that they did more then any other company to show the true potential for electronic books. This despite the shackles and chains that the BPH had created. I don't believe any other company could have done it. Sony couldn't. Apple didn't have the negotiating power of the existing paper books sales. B&N and Borders had no desire to.