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Originally Posted by carld
I disagree that we'd all still be complaining. There seems to be a special level of vitriol and invective reserved for the Kindle. And I think that's what's coming through here.
I also disagree that it's a bad decision for TG. I'm guessing (and just guessing) that he got a special royalty rate for releasing exclusively for the Kindle. TG obviously believes the positives outweigh the negatives, or he wouldn't have gone with a Kindle exclusive release.
What is actually interesting, is what happens next. Will sales justify subsequent Kindle only releases, will he go multi-format for future books or will he exit the eBook market completely?
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Or .... let's talk about the third possibility, that a standard format will be adopted by all makers of ebook devices, and people will be able to purchase the device the features of which they prefer, and be able to convert all of their books into the new standard format, and online bookstores will sell content to everyone. This resulting from the fact that all of the manufacturers and all of the publishers will have pissed all of the readers off to the point that we show up on their doorsteps with lit torches.
