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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I don't even currently purchase from them (ePub phase).
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The fact that Amazon doesn't sell epubs (yet) seems to indicate that Amazon is not trying to kill off the competition.
It seems to me that if Amazon did sell epubs that they would get quite a lot of business from the epub crowd and possibly hit the competition really hard. Sure they might have to pay 22 cents a copy to ADE, but I doubt that would hurt too much.
Any business would be happy to have an exclusive market, but the negative publicity from being seen to drive your competition out of business, not to mention legal repercussions make it a risky proposition.
Amazon seems to have a very good business model, which anyone with enough drive and ambition could probably emulate. It's not magic.
In some ways Amazon seems to encourage growth in other businesses and individuals by allowing them to use the Amazon marketplace, making their products much more accessible.
Amazon bashing may give the envious and credulous something to rant on about, but I doubt anyone at Amazon is listening or quaking in their boots. I know I wouldn't.
Helen