Thread: Iliad or Sony for heavy reader?
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Old 08-29-2008, 11:44 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Companies sign "exclusive" distribution deals all the time - it's good business sense. How often do newspapers buy the "exclusive" rights to stories?

As long as this is only for a limited period, I have no problem with it.
If say the Boston Herald has a story that the Boston Globe does not, I can purchase the Herald and read it. If Amazon has an eBook (Wizard's First Rule) I cannot read it unless I spend $360 up front to then have the privilege to purchase this eBook. Not even the same. With the number of reader out there now and forthcoming, it's not good for eBooks to be seen as being Amazon's right to control. It would be just as wrong if Sony got exclusive rights to eBooks. But in Sony's case, at least people can read them in Windows with eBook Library. And in order to really control the market, Amazon won't even release a reader for computers to read their eBooks.
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