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Originally Posted by carld
Sorry for those non-Kindle folks that won't be able to read his books, at least for now. But, I think it was a smart move on Amazon's part. They found a popular author who wasn't releasing ebooks at all, showed him a Kindle (the may have given him one for all I know), and got him to sign an exclusive deal.
Like it or not, that's good business, and exactly the way I would have done it. Amazon isn't in the business of making Sony or iLiad or Gen3 owners (or anyone else) happy. They're in the business of selling Kindles and Kindle ebooks. Sony is no different, and if they had gotten there first (and the could have - Sony had a year lead) I don't think a lot of you folks would be complaining.
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Well, Amazon also sells the Sony PRS 505 and the ILiad along with the Kindle. So, I would say it's more a matter of whether Sony or IRex would allow Amazon to sell their proprietary formats. The problem is ... if they were to do that, then their goes a good hunk of their ebook revenue (along with worries that Amazon might undercut them).